Medical errors are the third leading cause of death, and patients have a role in protecting themselves.
columnists
Samuelson: This is not the 1960s
There has been great progress in the last 50 years, though there is still work to do on race.
George Smith: A shotgun approach to nuisance geese
You can bother the birds or mow your lawn, but their is only one solution that’ll work for sure.
Karen Heck: To live our lives in peace
We must find a way to come together over a common goal.
Lawton: History of policymaking calls for humility
The big misses of the past should be a lesson for the leaders of the future.
At Colby, Wiesel gained an admirer
The writer remembers the author’s courage and moral certainty.
Caron: Holding back a tide of anger
There is hardly a day to reflect and mourn as acts of senseless violence overtake us.
Krauthammer: FBI chief just trying to keep election on track
Why else would he let Hillary Clinton off the hook?
Harmon: Reform, not more money, for schools
Raising taxes to provide more school aid, as in November’s Question 2, would end up hurting Maine.
Rooks: Who will defend the people’s rights?
Gov. Paul LePage is asserting rights the constitutions says he doesn’t have.