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Published
October 17, 2020

Maine Voices: Fire-free forests aren’t possible, but we can’t abandon prevention

Containment efforts have paid off in Maine – in a record-breaking wildfire year here, the average acreage per fire is very low.
Published
October 17, 2020

Commentary: Don’t be part of the ‘twindemic.’ Get a flu shot

You can contract COVID and the flu at the same time – and though the flu vaccine isn’t perfect, it will at least blunt the effect of the influenza infection.
Published
October 17, 2020

Commentary: Judges must heed RBG’s example, uphold federal role in protecting environment

A grasp of climate science and of their rulings’ long-term impacts should be the baseline for nomination and confirmation to the federal bench.
Published
October 16, 2020

Another View: Closing Maine waste ‘loophole’ would have unintended results

Material now put to use would have to be disposed of, and jobs at the facilities that produce it would be at risk.
Published
October 16, 2020

Kevin Raye: Sen. Susan Collins hasn’t changed – let’s re-elect her

Trading a powerful and bipartisan senator for a party line-oriented freshman back-bencher won’t make Washington more civil or Maine more prosperous.

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Published
October 16, 2020

Our View: Medical supply manufacturing moved overseas, and now we’re paying for it

The federal government should make more investments like those in Guilford-based Puritan, so we’ll have important supplies when we need them.
Published
October 16, 2020

Maine Voices: Your vote – use it now or prepare yourself to lose it

Flaws in our Constitution and laws could enable the loser of the 2016 popular vote to overrule democracy if he’s not decisively trounced Nov. 3.
Published
October 15, 2020

Maine Voices: Understanding science, truth can help defeat denial, distortion

COVID-19 shows that if we accept as true only what we want to be true, then we’ll overlook what we prefer not to see.
Published
October 14, 2020

Leonard Pitts: Whitmer kidnap plot reveals a certain kind of entitlement

This sort of violence and bitterness stems from the conviction that by dint of color or culture, one deserves the final word.
Published
October 14, 2020

Commentary: Re-election will let Sen. Collins keep doing what’s right for Maine

A former BIW president says that not only shipyard workers but also seniors and schoolchildren are among the many who will benefit.