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Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Overdoses rise, yet ray of hope emerges
As preliminary data point to a plateau in drug deaths, Maine is finally in a position to implement measures that have helped other states.
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Another View: Greg Kesich’s support for Medicare for All ignores impact of health care choices
It will be impossible to control costs without incentives for consumers to restrain demand.
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Another View: Creating gene-edited babies raises huge ethical issues
If they did take place, the experiments that have been described could affect our descendants in unforeseen ways.
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Another View: Feds fail to follow through on promises to veterans
Because of a backlog of benefit claims, thousands can’t pay for housing, child care and food.
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Our View: Mars landing shows we can reach the stars
The touchdown of InSight may provide elusive answers to our own origins.
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Our View: Rep. Poliquin should stop trashing Maine’s 2nd District election
The representative has a right to sue over the ranked-choice voting system, but not to damn the integrity of the process.
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Our View: Cruelty’s not the answer to influx of Central American migrants
Shutting down the border, using tear gas or building a wall won’t end the problem, which is largely of President Trump’s own making.
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Our View: Maine should invest in measures to mitigate looming damage from climate change
Predictable storms, sea-level rise and flooding call for major spending now to prevent economic disruption and the catastrophic loss of property in our state.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Facebook is too big, needs a watchdog
The company plays an outsized role in our lives and is too reckless to regulate itself.