Researchers call it the “quantification fixation” … and it can warp human judgment.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Opinion: Climate change is threatening Nordic skiing in Maine
In addition to being a moral issue, it’s an economic one; winter recreation contributed $68 million to the state’s economy in 2022.
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Opinion: Proposed rules would deepen Maine’s eldercare crisis
The effect of these inappropriate new standards on the state’s assisted living and residential care facilities would be devastating.
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Opinion: ‘Picking up the tab’ is now a competitive sport
Pent-up post-pandemic demand kicked off a new, bitterly contested game.
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Maine Compass: Maine shouldn’t forget benefits of wood heat
Maine’s home-grown heating fuels — wood and wood pellets — deserve recognition as an affordable, renewable, carbon-neutral energy source, Doran and Bell write.
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Opinion: Education in Maine is a true team effort
The best way of celebrating American Education Week is to engage with your local schools.
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Opinion: Israeli ban of UNRWA is appalling – if unsurprising
In its arrogance, Israel appears to believe that, by banning activity by the UN agency, it can be rid of the Palestinian refugee issue as a whole.
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Douglas Rooks: For Democrats, it needs to be all about workers
The Democratic Party has become unmoored from the ordinary people who supported them faithfully through the first two centuries of the Republic, the columnist writes.
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Commentary: Evangelical Christians’ long road to Donald Trump
We don’t yet know the precise numbers, but it appears once again that four out of five white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump in the presidential election. Evangelical support was by no means decisive; a similar percentage voted for Trump when he lost in 2020. But when a supermajority of a group that comprises approximately […]
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Maine Compass: A loon miracle on China Lake
This past summer I witnessed a very unusual occurrence on China Lake. In mid-May, a baby loon was hatched and seen swimming along with its parents in the north end of the lake. Seeing a baby loon at any time is a treat, but this “loonlet” and its parents were defying the odds. Why? Well, […]