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Columns

Published
September 4, 2022

Maine Observer: Turning the clock back one summer afternoon

A remembrance of a good time, a good idea and my neighbor Mrs. Dunton.
Published
September 4, 2022

Maine Voices: Consider embarking on a flowerbed safari

Insects outnumber us on the planet by more than 200 million times. I decided to take a closer look.
Published
September 4, 2022

The Maine Millennial: Are you telling me that government programs don’t benefit everyone equally?

Anger and indignation in response to student loan forgiveness come down to American attitudes toward class and ‘upward mobility.’
Published
September 3, 2022

Maine Voices: May I give you a reason to be hopeful?

The needs of our friends and neighbors increase every day. My community, despite being divided on many fronts, comes together to meet those needs.
Published
September 3, 2022

Commentary: In gubernatorial race, it’s Mills: 59; LePage: 23

The Maine State Building & Construction Trades Council and our 20 labor unions unanimously endorse Gov. Mills for a second term. Here's why.

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Published
September 3, 2022

Marty Walsh: Actually, America’s workforce is stronger than ever

We shouldn’t emerge from the pandemic with a soured view of our national work ethic, the U.S. labor secretary says.
Published
September 2, 2022

Maine Voices: Trailer parks wrongly overlooked in affordable-housing debate

Maine has the highest rate of mobile homes in the northeastern U.S. It’s past time to help those communities out.
Published
September 2, 2022

Commentary: Working Mainers deserve dignity, respect and freedom to unionize

In Maine as nationwide, union election petitions are up, up, up. Let’s build on that momentum.
Published
September 1, 2022

Commentary: Let’s crunch some numbers on our housing supply crunch

If less than 1.5% in Portland area home price increases can be attributed to short-term rentals, clearly more is going on in the market.
Published
September 1, 2022

Maine Voices: Bring nurses and doctors into medical billing conversation

With the Press Herald’s reporting as an exception, I have failed to understand the media's resistance to this important subject.