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Published
January 6, 2022

Maine Voices: When it comes to COVID safety, Italy is in another world

Visitors from Maine find that another nation has coped better with the pandemic than our own, largely by virtue of people simply cooperating.
Published
January 6, 2022

Commentary: The U.S. has long sought to exploit Guantánamo’s legal contradictions

For 20 years, the United States has held detainees at Guantanamo. The base’s problems are even older.
Published
January 5, 2022

Leonard Pitts: Jan. 6 insurrection a dress rehearsal for something far worse

The refusal to hold rioters accountable, the passage of new voter suppression laws and the installation of Trump loyalists in state electoral posts don’t bode well.
Published
January 5, 2022

Our View: Doctors peddling COVID misinformation have no place on legislative panel

If Republicans want a voice in how Maine responds to the pandemic, they should act more responsibly.
Published
January 5, 2022

Maine Voices: Afghan allies with Maine ties have been left for dead – now what?

We dishonor our troops’ sacrifices when we leave behind those who served alongside them – please urge Maine’s delegation to back humanitarian entry.

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Published
January 5, 2022

Commentary: Vaccine-hesitant people can still change their minds. As a doctor, I’m seeing it

There’s still hope for increasing the vaccination rate as the omicron variant fuels another rise in COVID cases.
Published
January 4, 2022

Maine Voices: Ending trauma patient transfers to CMMC would limit many Mainers’ access to care

We need to let doctors and EMS providers use their best clinical judgment about where a victim of traumatic injury should go.
Published
January 4, 2022

Our View: Mainers should all follow the same mask rules

Whether we’re vaccinated or not, high levels of transmission dictate that we should cover up when indoors in public.
Published
January 4, 2022

Commentary: Millennials are finally spending like grownups

The largest generation in the United States is buying houses and cars. That’s going to have consequences for inflation.
Published
January 4, 2022

Commentary: The cybersecurity risk to our water supply is real. We must prepare.

An alert employee stopped an attempt to poison a water system in Florida last February, but we may not be so lucky the next time.