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Columns

Published
November 6, 2022

The Maine Millennial: Medicine is a group project

Maine Med was full almost to bursting when I had my donor kidney removed there, but the staff made me feel like I was the only patient in the building.
Published
November 6, 2022

Jim Fossel: Ideas should be above personalities

Let’s see if Republicans can move beyond Donald Trump the individual in the next presidential election.
Published
November 4, 2022

Commentary: Why I’ll be voting ‘no’ on Question D

To eliminate the tip credit assumes a massive risk for many businesses and employees in Portland.
Published
November 4, 2022

Commentary: Why I support ‘yes’ on Portland’s Question D

And Questions B and C. But Question D, above all, would finally grant me and other gig workers a living wage.
Published
November 3, 2022

Commentary: Portland’s Question 5 will make our schools better

The school board is solely responsible for the running of our schools. Let's make the change that reflects that.

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Published
November 3, 2022

Commentary: Existing council-manager format is best for Portland

In our view, this form of governance reduces the potential for corruption, guards against authoritarian populism and increases the likelihood of efficiency and fairness.
Published
November 2, 2022

Leonard Pitts: What did members of America’s right wing do with their humanity?

When an unoffending 82-year-old man has his skull broken by anyone, the proper response is empathy, period.
Published
November 2, 2022

Mayor Snyder: Portland residents deserve a better process – let’s start by voting ‘no’

When an elected body oversees professionals employed to carry out the everyday work of municipal government, representative democracy is realized.
Published
November 2, 2022

Commentary: Seven deadly universal health care misunderstandings

Although a signature-gathering campaign to put the question of universal health care before Maine voters fell short, the process taught me a few things.
Published
November 1, 2022

Commentary: Maine home-school growth strong and persisting

Most of the students who began home-schooling during the pandemic are still home-schooling. There are several good reasons for that.