A database of vaccine side effects may have sown doubt in the efficacy of vaccinations.
Op-eds
Commentary: One cheer for another ugly debt-limit deal
The good news: Congress has avoided default. The bad news: Its stupidest law survives.
Commentary: Omicron is already in the U.S. Southern Africa travel bans must end
Our leaders missed a prime opportunity to give South Africa due credit for sharing key public health data while rejecting stereotypes.
Maine Voices: Mainers should welcome immigrants home – with furniture
The act of donating gently used items like couches, chairs, tables and beds is simple, but the impact is profound.
Maine Voices: We must save the world from COVID in order to save ourselves
Omicron should trigger a shift of mindset in the West to start large-scale allocation of resources toward vaccinating the rest of the world.
Commentary: Just mail COVID tests to everyone? Absolutely. My government does it.
Only in the U.S. would it seem to make more sense to have people buy tests, then get reimbursed by insurers.
Maine Voices: Learning the right lessons from CMP’s corridor debacle
Fair compensation, public involvement and wise site selection are among what clean-energy projects need to succeed.
Commentary: A boycott of the Olympics won’t force China to change
Neither a diplomatic boycott, nor refusing to send American athletes, will improve Beijing’s human rights record.
Leonard Pitts: What’s another school shooting when the real threat to kids is a book?
To protect our children, conservatives are devoting an ‘unprecedented’ amount of time to pulling books off library shelves.
Bruce Poliquin: Maine needs affordable, reliable energy
Congress must include traditional fuels in our domestic energy policy and remove a natural gas tax from the so-called reconciliation bill, says the candidate for the 2nd District Republican nomination.