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Columns

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December 28, 2021

Maine Voices: As need for electricity grows, nuclear power should play larger role

Small and safe reactors can be built close to where the demand is greatest, thus eliminating lengthy, wide transmission lines, dams and fossil fuels.
Published
December 28, 2021

Commentary: Deaths point up lack of awareness of the right to refuse dangerous work

OSHA must make workers’ rights clear on mandatory workplace posters.
Published
December 27, 2021

Maine Voices: Land trusts contribute to communities

Most conserved lands stay on the local tax rolls and provide public access to the outdoors.
Published
December 26, 2021

The Maine Millennial: Christmas doesn’t always have to look the same

You think a stable is a tough place to sleep? Try the Bob Hope USO at Los Angeles International Airport.
Published
December 26, 2021

Insight: Don’t wait for the new year to make a new start

Benjamin Franklin, America’s first self-help guru, thought of improvement as an ongoing project, not as sudden change.

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Published
December 26, 2021

Jim Fossel: Joe Biden falls short on promise of unity

As a candidate, he claimed to be able to bring people together, but as a president, he has not delivered.
Published
December 26, 2021

The View From Here: Don’t make the wrong mistake

Our inability to confront the climate crisis is going to be catastrophic if we give in to despair.
Published
December 26, 2021

Commentary: Healthy right whale population, healthy Maine lobster fishery can coexist

The Lobster Trap series makes clear that the Gulf of Maine’s warming is causing enormous changes – and resilient and innovative Mainers can adapt to them.
Published
December 26, 2021

Maine Observer: How we can also follow the star

The Christian story of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem long ago can be read as an allegory for our times.
Published
December 24, 2021

Maine Voices: Locked up for the holidays – why youth in Long Creek must be released now

Youth prisons neither keep communities any safer nor help young people, so we must get these kids home with the care and support they need.