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Columns

Published
April 10, 2019

Commentary: Assisted-suicide legislation sends the wrong message to Maine patients

Instead of implicitly encouraging the vulnerable to think of themselves as a burden, the state should improve end-of-life care.
Published
April 9, 2019

Kathleen Parker: We need a philosopher-president. Does such a candidate even exist?

In the land of Twitter, Trump and Snapchat, the search for someone capable of elevating the dialogue will be a long one.
Published
April 9, 2019

Maine Voices: Students aren’t the only ones who’d benefit from stricter vaccine rules

A third-grade teacher who has MS now risks contracting diseases against which he cannot be vaccinated.
Published
April 9, 2019

Commentary: The shame of the drug crisis is how Purdue Pharma was enabled, rewarded

The American public – among them hundreds of thousands of grieving families – deserves justice.
Published
April 8, 2019

Maine Voices: Election reform bill will provide antidote to voter disillusionment

Making Maine a presidential primary state and expanding ranked-choice voting will restore faith in the process.

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Published
April 7, 2019

The View From Here: ‘I’m not a racist, but …’

What do we call someone who benefits from a system of racial preference? The AP Stylebook is not much help.
Published
April 7, 2019

Jim Fossel: Local-option tax wrong direction for Maine

Stuck in the minority, Republicans can only call attention to the overreach by the Democratic majority.
Published
April 7, 2019

The Maine Millennial: My face, myself – or the life-changing magic of sparkly eyeshadow

'No makeup' makeup? As if. I still feel like me, but more glittery – and that's the way I like it.
Published
April 6, 2019

Maine Voices: In the face of climate change, workers need access to intertidal property

A recent ruling should spur towns to incentivize the availability of land for commercial access.
Published
April 6, 2019

Commentary: How do we get people to vote? Let’s try financial incentives

Several short experiments show that such rewards work to change voting behavior.