They’ve been put to the test by duly skeptical scientists, and the findings are unmistakable: They save lives.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Bill Nemitz: COVID-19 is highly contagious. So is stupidity.
Last week’s rally in Augusta took the anti-COVID-19 vaccine movement to new lows.
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Maine Compass: With your help, we can lift up Maine families
A new child care law with give parents some peace of mind.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Well-meaning ‘yellow flag’ law puts ER doctors in a role they’re not trained for
Assessing who is safe to own or carry weapons should be done with care – not under the time constraints typical of Maine’s emergency departments.
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Robin Abcarian: Did COVID complicate my 6th-grader’s first day of middle school? Not as much as you might think
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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Commentary: Updating regulations will help prevent next mortgage meltdown
The rules should be expanded to apply to the internet-based ‘nonbanks’ that are underwriting two-thirds of home loans.
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Trudy Rubin: The horror of Afghan women abandoned by America’s troop pullout
The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: There’s no room for bad-faith negotiating on budget, infrastructure bills
Efforts by Maine Rep. Jared Golden and his fellow centrists to stymie a social policy spending plan bring up memories of my deadbeat dad.
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Maine Voices: Turn on the light of election liberty now
The media paint states as red, blue or purple at a time when our states need election systems that are red, white and blue.
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Commentary: We can’t keep treating Haiti’s cycle of trauma with Band-Aid solutions
The poverty, corruption and instability there can be alleviated only if stakeholders in the recovery effort remain involved after the dead are buried.