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Published
August 1, 2017

Maine Voices: Raising legal age to buy tobacco ultimately will help fight opioid crisis

The use of nicotine leads to brain changes that can result in a higher risk of addiction to other drugs.
Published
August 1, 2017

Commentary: Denial of football’s concussion issue rivals denial of climate change

A new report confirms what we know but choose to ignore: The sport is just too hard on the brain.
Published
August 1, 2017

Commentary: Upon closer inspection, bad news for Trump gets worse

And the demeanor of this unyielding narcissist will continue to be the decisive factor in turning off voters.
Published
July 31, 2017

Maine Voices: Military transgender ban a measure of how far society hasn’t come

Raising a transgender child has opened my eyes to the battles that persist for her on a daily basis.
Published
July 30, 2017

Maine Voices: Don Larrabee was ‘a wonderful man’

The Deering High graduate went to Washington to cover the news but never lost the best of where he came from.

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Published
July 30, 2017

Jim Fossel: Voters should punish incivility

Politicians aren't very good at holding each other to account.
Published
July 30, 2017

Alan Caron: The ghosts of investigations past

If we want to make any progress, we must wean ourselves off a culture of constant investigations.
Published
July 30, 2017

Maine Observer: Haven doesn’t have to imagine a place where it’s always safe and warm

The gift of new sight through 8-year-old eyes is enough to turn a heart-shaped rock into a completely full heart.
Published
July 30, 2017

Cynthia Dill: In the end, the skinny just didn’t fit right

Size mattered in the health care showdown in Washington.
Published
July 29, 2017

Garrison Keillor: Mystery of Amelia Earhart’s fate shouldn’t be left up in the air

At least in my book, her going AWOL overshadows whatever it was that happened to Jimmy Hoffa.