Two weeks in the hospital didn’t mean loss of job or fear of bankruptcy.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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LePage threw down gauntlet, but he’ll need to compromise on budget
A little give and take means everyone wins and loses some.
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After nine years using SAT, Maine heading back to a reborn MEA
MEA (Smarter Balanced) is redesigned to test student achievement of Common Core State Standards.
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What happened? In 1993, Clinton promised to redesign the government
Making it more efficient is more important than either expanding or shrinking it.
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Roadside litter spins a narrative of the importance of caffeine in US culture
Soft drink bottles and cans reveal popularity of carbonated caffeine.
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Message of ‘Groundhog Day’: A power exists that cares what kind of people we become
Movie echoes sentiments by Pope Francis about church’s take on evolution.
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Cats teach us a powerful lesson about love, loss
It took about a year before I was ready to fill the void in my heart left by our cat’s death.
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We’re still seeking a vaccine against ignorance
Most Americans younger than 50, including doctors, have never seen measles.
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Traditional beliefs and distrust of authority fueling disease outbreak
If It Happened There: Description of an American event using the tropes and tone normally employed by the American media to describe events in other countries.
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Those of us older than 50 feared polio, childhood diseases more than vaccines
Vaccines have been one of the greatest achievements of modern medicine, saving many lives and much misery.