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Published
April 22, 2016

Commentary: Paris agreement addresses hazards of climate change, George Mitchell says

The plan, to be signed on Friday, should give Americans confidence that other countries will be held to the same standards as we are.
Published
April 21, 2016

Commentary: Vulnerable patients will benefit from move to Portland Community Health Center, councilors say

The transition from the India Street clinic will put in place a more sustainably funded approach to care.
Published
April 16, 2016

Commentary: Trivializing first-world problems takes empathy out of relationships

People should be allowed to complain about things, even if it's not important in a geopolitical sense.
Published
April 14, 2016

Commentary: Off-road fuel tax exemption would improve Maine’s farming, logging climate

As costs increase, these traditional family-based businesses are having a hard time remaining viable.
Published
April 9, 2016

Commentary: Everyone will be better off if we can just stop annoying each other

Just a few injunctions against violations of etiquette and civility might just salvage our humanity.

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Published
April 5, 2016

Commentary: Before Rosa Parks there was Claudette Colvin, who deserves presidential recognition

She sat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus months before Rosa Parks; now retired, she is worthy of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Published
April 3, 2016

Cynthia Dill: Trump crowd merely needs to grow up

A message to the white guys who are mad as hell because they can't have it all: Welcome to the world the rest of us live in.
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
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.