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PublishedDecember 13, 2020
Insight: Can Joe Biden win the transition?
The president-elect has to show the world that power has transferred to him without the usual help from the Trump White House.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2020
Insight: Don’t forget to laugh
Research shows that laughing is good for your mind and your body.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2020
Insight: Religious rivalry in Maine history
In 1854, an Ellsworth mob tarred and feathered Catholic priest John Bapst, as part of a dispute over which translation of the Bible children should read in public schools.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2020
Commentary: Why remote learning is hard – and how to make it easier
Research shows that children do better with distance learning when an adult facilitator is nearby.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2020
Insight: Smokey Bear steered us wrong
We can’t prevent forest fires. We can only adapt to a climate that makes them bigger and more common.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2020
Insight: Fighting COVID in the dark
We can't stop the pandemic unless we have better data about where and why it's spreading.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2020
Insight: Climate crisis not getting a wartime response
A World War II era energy project stands in sharp contrast to Maine's slow progress on offshore wind.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2020
Insight: Not our Pearl Harbor, but our Somme
World War I’s bloodiest battle denotes the scope of the societal shifts necessary to combat COVID.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2020
Insight: Getting our house in order
Black lives won't matter until we answer for the sins of slavery.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2020
Insight: Antitrust laws are no match for Big Tech
Century-old statutes can't cope with companies that maintain market dominance through harvesting data for free.
