Columns
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PublishedAugust 30, 2022
Maine Voices: Let’s tell elected officials we value, expect universal medical care
Billions of dollars in medical bills have been paid via crowdsourcing platforms like GoFundMe. It doesn’t have to be like this.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2022
Maine Voices: Ukrainian refugee experience echoes my forebears’ journey
My family were given no choice but to leave Poland during World War I. Like legions of Polish refugees at the time, they eventually built good lives for themselves in Portland.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2022
Commentary: Biden’s debt cancellation won’t end the student loan crisis
Congressional action is still needed to reform the way the government funds higher education.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2022
Jim Fossel: Beware the bond-funded Maine job initiative
Both voters and politicians act as if bonds are piles of free money flowing from rainbows. Would that it were the case.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2022
Maine Observer: Why I keep coming back to a town in Oxford County
Year in, year out, I take a sentimental journey to and throughout Rumford, where I once was surrounded by family.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2022
The Maine Millennial: My rescue dog, myself
My experience with Janey serves as proof that even the weird, scared and temperamental strays are worth a chance.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2022
Maine Voices: A New Yorker responds to *that* New York Post column
Last week, gossip columnist Cindy Adams bemoaned what she found to be a lack of fashion, a shortage of elegant stores and an excess of beer in Maine. Here’s what I have to say about that.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2022
Maine Voices: There’s no good reason to resent education loan forgiveness
I say this as somebody with almost a quarter of a million dollars in student debt – which I plan to pay back.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2022
The humble Farmer: Memories are made of music and long-ago favors
On singing along to songs from the 1940s and recalling kindnesses extended to those in tractor cabs.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2022
Commentary: Cape Elizabeth school plan is economically irresponsible
If voters reject the project, we can go back to the drawing board – we’ve done that successfully before.
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