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Columns

Published
September 26, 2021

Maine Observer: Sunflowers brought late summer smiles

After a bout with COVID, the garden's message of health and happiness restored us.
Published
September 25, 2021

The humble Farmer: Come on over and help me polish off my produce

For reasons I can’t understand, the only thing on my farmstand that people want is the rhubarb.
Published
September 25, 2021

Maine Voices: We must hold hospitals, government accountable on health care costs

We’ve won the right to know prices – now we need robust enforcement, meaningful penalties and full disclosure.
Published
September 24, 2021

Councilor Tae Chong: Portland Public Schools shortchanging Black students, those in poverty

Progressive school leaders have taken funding away from the most vulnerable and failed to focus on the issues of Black and brown youth.
Published
September 24, 2021

Maine Voices: ‘D’ is for diphtheria, which still infects thousands

Working in a field hospital in a refugee camp gives a Maine doctor a glimpse of the world before there was widespread use of vaccines.

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Published
September 23, 2021

Commentary: How to help school boards resist pressure groups

Anti-maskers and Proud Boys are disrupting meetings. Well-heeled reformers are undermining public education. Changing election calendars and lowering the voting age can help.
Published
September 23, 2021

Maine Voices: COVID isolation fuels hidden health crisis – falls in older Mainers

The weather forecast has forced the postponement of risk assessment and reduction events planned for this weekend in South Portland, but they will be rescheduled.
Published
September 22, 2021

Leonard Pitts: You can starve an ideal for only so long before you kill it

On Biden’s watch, images of Border Patrol agents running down Haitian migrants are both appalling and disappointing.
Published
September 22, 2021

Commentary: It’s time for Sen. Collins to support federal LGBTQ anti-bias protections

Maine has led the nation on a journey toward acceptance of LGBTQ people – voting for S.393 would continue this legacy.
Published
September 22, 2021

Maine Voices: The more things change, the more they stay the same – or do they?

Unlike the Egyptians in 1177 B.C., we have the science and technology to mitigate the climate crisis, as long as we have the political will.