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Columns

Published
August 9, 2015

Maine Voices: Legalizing opiates will turn the tide

A Maine psychiatrist argues that making drugs legal – and taxed and regulated like alcohol – would transcend our treatment malaise.
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August 9, 2015

Maine Observer: Fisher cat a fact of life in Maine woods

Weeks after its blood-curdling screams punctuate the night, the ferocious beast is sighted.
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August 9, 2015

Barney Frank: End-of-life politics ooze absurdity

Many terminally ill patients who don't want life-perpetuating care get it anyway, at a cost of billions of dollars a year that could be spent on those who truly need it.
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August 9, 2015

Agree to Disagree: Clean Elections decision will come at someone’s expense – but whose?

Reforms would be paid for through closing corporate tax loopholes, but some wonder if that would put a damper on business investment that creates jobs.
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August 9, 2015

Commentary: Mowing lawns does more harm than good

An Ohio couple joins a quiet rebellion against local laws they say contribute to global environmental problems.

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Published
August 8, 2015

Commentary: Proposed $15-an-hour national minimum wage would be too much, too soon

The policy shouldn't be implemented at the federal level until we've seen the results at the local level.
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August 8, 2015

Maine Voices: Congress should call for economic sanctions, more negotiations with Iran

The deal represents too much caving on vital issues, such as verification, during negotiations.
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August 8, 2015

Mike Tipping: Maine’s Sen. Collins took an extreme position on Planned Parenthood funding

By voting to defund, she backed away from previous statements of support for the women's health care provider.
Published
August 7, 2015

Charles Krauthammer: Obama stoops low in accusing GOP of siding with Iranian ‘hard-liners’

His deal makes the repressive, intolerant, supremely anti-American regime stronger than ever.
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August 7, 2015

Maine Voices: Concealed-carry permit holder exposes danger of weakened law

Repealing Maine's permit requirement means that untrained and dangerous people will pack guns.