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Columns

Published
October 22, 2014

Victoria L. Phillips: Black males’ higher risks in heart surgery, police encounters need scrutiny

Law enforcement and medical professionals should analyze the data.
Published
October 21, 2014

Maine Voices: Untruths about marijuana point to serious implications of legalizing it

Before Maine jumps off the legalization cliff, as Colorado did, persistent myths must be dispelled.
Published
October 21, 2014

Kathleen Parker: Why not quarantine travelers from Ebola-infected countries?

We need to make it less possible for these people to help to spread a deadly disease.
Published
October 21, 2014

Commentary: Shenna Bellows will be a voice for struggling Mainers, Stephen King says

In the Senate, she'll advocate for those who are just getting by because she's been one of them, the novelist says.
Published
October 20, 2014

Maine Voices: LePage administration believes the best way out of poverty is a job

'Work' is not a four-letter word, and employment has far more value than income earned.

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Published
October 19, 2014

Michael Cuzzi: It’s time for Maine’s gubernatorial challengers to go bold

In these waning weeks, Eliot Cutler and Mike Michaud must coax some fire out of their bellies.
Published
October 19, 2014

Maine Voices: Lack of oversight will cost midcoast charity

Revelations of weak internal financial controls in a nonprofit will cause an almost immediate decline in public support.
Published
October 19, 2014

Barney Frank: Economy’s growth giving Democrats no advantage

This worsens a vicious cycle that makes it harder to reduce income equality.
Published
October 19, 2014

Agree to Disagree: An appreciation for those who run

Two who have been there pay respect to this year's candidates for enduring the challenges of campaigning.
Published
October 19, 2014

Maine Observer: Small-town libraries lend richness to life

Fifty years of checking out books – in a rural town near Boston, in Southport and West Buxton – makes one grateful.