Everyone these days seems to be invoking “science,” as if science were black and white and settled. Scientists acknowledge that what we know is always changing as new data comes in. That’s why we call science “empirical,” because it depends on what we observe and whether those observations can be replicated and whether different observers […]

A recent op-ed written on Maine’s transportation system (“Maine’s transportation system barely exists,” April 14) found much to criticize but offered nothing in the way of solutions. In metro Boston, the population is approximately 4.5 million. Maine, with a land mass larger than the rest of New England combined, has approximately 1.3 million people. The […]

As a Mainer, I am disturbed that Rep. Golden, an elected official to the House of Representatives, would vote to disenfranchise the very people they were elected to represent. Nothing is more sacred to Americans than the right to vote. It is the bedrock of the republic. The SAVE Act requires redundant and unnecessary paperwork […]

The speed with which President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are transforming the USA into a likeness of the former Soviet Union is truly frightening. Our democratic republic is turning into a fascist dictatorship right before our eyes. Trump sides with Vladimir Putin against our allies in Ukraine. He plots to take over Gaza, Greenland […]

The Maine Legislature is considering a tax increase on tobacco products and, as a public health professional with over a decade of experience working with the youth in our communities, I am in full support of this proposal. Maine’s overall cancer rate is the highest in New England and Maine’s tobacco tax is among the […]