I’ve been assembling meals instead of cooking them for most of my adult life. It’s been a delight to discover that baking is assembly.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Hilary Koch: It’s time for men to ‘woman up’
A conservation with a male friend reveals that even “good guys” show bias towards women.
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Jim Fossel: A literal rainy day fund is a good idea
No matter your views on climate change, it’s hard to argue against a permanent disaster relief fund for Maine.
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Opinion: Sky gazers, beware – April’s solar eclipse coincides with mud season
The annual seasonal closure of Baxter State Park can’t be ignored, even for an event as special as a full solar eclipse.
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Opinion: Polarization, blame have no place in development of gun laws
If gun violence had a simple answer, we would have solved it already.
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Opinion: Reducing Maine’s reliance on natural gas will benefit climate, consumers
Let’s put our energy into helping people adopt clean energy technologies that contribute to a healthier, more affordable future.
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Douglas Rooks: As Supreme Court dithers, storm clouds gather
As it confronts an epochal series of decisions about how we conduct our presidential elections, the U.S. Supreme Court is skating on thin ice. Monday’s unanimous decision restoring Donald Trump to the Maine ballot just before in-person voting in Tuesday’s presidential primary was not unexpected, but its sweeping nature certainly was. The court agreed that […]
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Noah Feldman: Supreme Court buries the fantasy of keeping Trump off the ballot
The Supreme Court has unanimously concluded that Colorado can’t keep Donald Trump off the ballot. Section 3 of the 14th amendment, which says that a former officeholder who becomes an insurrectionist can’t hold federal office, won’t save us from a potential second Trump presidency. The court correctly rejected what I would call the National Treasure […]
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Opinion: Children should not be languishing in hospital emergency rooms
Last year, 345 vulnerable children and teens spent more than 48 hours in MaineHealth’s ERs awaiting discharge to appropriate behavioral health services. It’s just not good enough.
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Commentary: Assisted suicide is not health care
I have practiced medicine in the U.S. as a pediatrician and in a developing country as a family physician, caring for patients from birth to old age. As a patient, I have experienced excruciating pain. I’ve survived cancer, undergone major surgery and brought these experiences to bear in my role as physician and healer. And […]