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Columns

Published
February 4, 2020

Commentary: Coronavirus is a concern, but flu takes more lives

What will sicken us and our loved ones is far more likely to be the disease that spreads among us every year.
Published
February 4, 2020

Maine Voices: In defense of hillbilly religion, and regular folks of simple faith

A recent jibe by NBC's Chuck Todd is the latest salvo in the half-century assault on the intellectual respectability of religious belief.
Published
February 3, 2020

Maine Voices: Prostate cancer is not ‘the good cancer’

It is wrong to presume that any cancer is anything but a fearful occurrence in one’s life.
Published
February 2, 2020

The View From Here: Do we have to be the next San Jose?

In all the enthusiasm about a new research institute in Portland, there may be a better model that's closer to home.
Published
February 2, 2020

Bill Nemitz: Back then, Collins called Trump ‘unfit.’ What’s changed?

Maine's senior senator would do well to heed her own words from 2016 about the man who would become president.

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Published
February 2, 2020

Maine Observer: For some people, there’s no fear of being alone

There are drawbacks to an intentionally solitary life, but plusses too.
Published
February 2, 2020

Commentary: Trial highlights the fine line that Sen. Susan Collins walks

Extremist vitriol notwithstanding, a close look at her record shows that she has earned her center-right reputation.
Published
February 2, 2020

The Maine Millennial: New dog still learning old tricks

Coming to terms with cats, day care and men with beards is an ongoing challenge for a newcomer to the family.
Published
February 2, 2020

Jim Fossel: Commitment can matter more than money

A surplus of enthusiasm can overcome a deficit in the campaign war chest.
Published
February 1, 2020

Maine Voices: Mental health care system continues to abandon the people who need it

This system has already deprived my father of a purposeful life. Now it has failed the clients of Shalom House.