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Columns

Published
April 2, 2016

Commentary: Don’t take a bad table sitting down

A woman dining alone is the stuff of whispers and gossip. A man dining alone is the stuff of mystery and intrigue.
Published
April 2, 2016

Maine Voices: New state proposal to restrict mental health services is a reckless idea

When diagnoses can be so subjective, we can't afford to take away support that helps those stricken move forward.
Published
April 1, 2016

Charles Krauthammer: How do the Final Four presidential candidates stack up on foreign policy?

Sanders, Clinton, Cruz and Trump have different approaches to dealing with the rest of the world.
Published
April 1, 2016

Maine Voices: Lawmakers should defeat making drug possession a felony offense

Maine must move away from the failed policies of the drug war that merely filled up our prisons.
Published
April 1, 2016

M.D. Harmon: On Obamacare’s 6-year anniversary, the news isn’t good

Republicans won control of Congress by opposing the Affordable Care Act. But nobody did anything.

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Published
March 31, 2016

Maine Voices: Portland’s next budget to take new direction, focus on what matters most

Among the initiatives: More innovation, fixing roads and sidewalks, faster permitting and improved city services.
Published
March 31, 2016

Commentary: Sen. Collins questions sudden price spikes in old prescription drugs

'Hedge fund pharma' companies may be legal, but their schemes do real harm to patients, she says.
Published
March 31, 2016

Commentary: Changes to MaineCare’s Section 17 will improve mental health system

The state DHHS is trying to make sure that the right services are going to the right people, a LePage aide says.
Published
March 30, 2016

Leonard Pitts: Republican hypocrisy on guns is obvious at their national convention

A satirical petition calls the party out for saying everyone, everywhere benefits from firearms.
Published
March 30, 2016

Maine Voices: Coalition led by Mercy Hospital will tackle opiate addiction crisis head-on

The new Greater Portland Addiction Collaborative aims to provide access to treatment through existing resources.