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Columns

Published
September 9, 2019

Maine Voices: Saving threatened wildlife should involve private landowners

The best way to protect endangered species is to work with owners of the land on which they live.
Published
September 8, 2019

The Maine Millennial: Life and death share the same calendar

History, world and personal, has a way of serving up some confusing emotions this time of year.
Published
September 8, 2019

Maine Voices: Give away Greenland? It’s been done before

Today, however, the people who live in the territory are the ones who should be consulted by anyone wishing to own it.
Published
September 8, 2019

Insight: Rekindling America’s past love – the bicycle

European cities show that it's possible, and beneficial to limit cars and encourage pedaling.
Published
September 8, 2019

Bill Nemitz: She lived a lie for decades – until the day she set herself free

Trapped under a cloud of domestic violence for 43 years, Mary Lou Smith, now 79, says it's never too late to seek help.

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Published
September 7, 2019

Commentary: King bill would ease looming physical therapist shortfall

Encouraging physical therapists to practice in underserved areas by offering them student loan relief would give more Mainers a healthier option to painkilling drugs.
Published
September 7, 2019

Maine Voices: Support for open borders will be Democrats’ undoing in 2020

Voters (and opinion writers for liberal newspapers) oppose free care for illegal immigrants, decriminalizing illegal crossings and other conspicuously bad ideas.
Published
September 7, 2019

Commentary: Usual responses to drug epidemics won’t reverse fentanyl fatalities

Solutions should focus on creative supply disruption, supervised opioid use sites and new forms of treatment.
Published
September 6, 2019

Commentary: We can’t leave Afghanistan without protecting our closest allies first

What will happen to the local staffers who have risked their lives to support the U.S. mission?
Published
September 6, 2019

Marc A. Thiessen: Senate Democrats make unprecedented threat against Supreme Court

They want to restructure the court if the justices do not rule as they see fit. Talk about 'disdain for an independent judiciary.'