If the purpose of the ‘war on drugs’ is to save lives and create public safety, it’s time to admit we’ve lost.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Commentary: Staffing pressures on nurses put Maine patients at risk
Nurse staffing affects patient outcomes. Neither inexperienced nurses nor travel nurses are a like-for-like substitute for experienced, local staff.
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Opinion: Business incentive tax giveaway not the program Maine needs
Gov. Mills’ proposed Dirigo Business Incentive Program focuses on the cost of doing business. The focus needs to be on supporting Maine’s workers.
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Commentary: Gender crisis is really a marriage crisis
So many political issues, from debates over abortion and school curriculum materials to budget cuts, are framed as attacks on “women” as a group, and polls and statistics showing that women’s votes lean left are usually cited as evidence on behalf of the idea that the Republican Party is anti-woman. But these gender gap statistics […]
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Hilary Koch: Butts, bikes and the proper time for town intervention
A discussion at the Skowhegan Board of Selectmen meeting raises questions on traumatic backsides.
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The Maine Millennial: Our state was not without slavery
Juneteenth is a hinge in the door of our history – Maine’s history, too.
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Opinion: Get the facts straight when debating solar programs
You want to talk about concerning subsidies and incentives? Let’s talk about fossil fuel.
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Jim Fossel: Legislative process on abortion was a total sham
Political theater like this wastes our time, energy and makes a mockery of democracy.
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Commentary: Maine law fails patients who need abortions later in pregnancy
As a scientist, I seek irrefutable answers to complex problems. As a physician, I witness a range of human experience that is intensely nuanced and calls for case-by-case judgment.
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Commentary: Sex trade survivors need protection; sex buyers need to stop
A recent column was grossly inaccurate when it stated that trafficking is prevented when both the buying and selling of sex are decriminalized. Nothing could be further from the truth.