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 […]

Denying hundreds of people this valuable relief takes the state’s economy in the wrong direction.

While some older workers are making good money, millions are stuck in low-paying, physically demanding and dangerous jobs at which they have little if any voice or power.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court could be on the cusp of returning use of the state’s coastal beaches to the people of Maine. Whether or not that comes to pass, reason and basic civility should prevail.

High-speed internet is not a luxury for older Mainers, it is a necessity.

How much tax revenue is the state losing out on annually? We simply don’t know. A bill before the Legislature would shed light on the reality.

Prohibition hasn’t worked with other substances, and it won’t work now.