The right to repair should be protected. We shouldn’t have to open ourselves to security risks while doing so.
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The humble Farmer: Science and the art of keeping warm in an old Maine house
Watch cap? Pajamas? Long johns? Heating pad? Check, check, check, check. (And it’s only October.)
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Commentary: Democrats share the blame for McCarthy’s fall
Both parties’ leaders missed a golden opportunity to reach across the aisle and save Congress and the country from dysfunction.
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Commentary: How to keep school shootings from happening in Maine
Let’s put our resources into programs and policies that utilize best practices in managing possible threats.
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Commentary: Maine will be a valuable partner to an independent Greenland
The world’s largest island is in the process of seceding from Denmark. Some Mainers will have front-row seats to this instructive process.
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Giving Voice: Community Read aims to accelerate housing action
A young doctor in Boston gave up his plans for a lucrative career in oncology, and instead built a health care program that serves the city’s residents experiencing chronic unsheltered homelessness. His story, and those of his patients, are told in Tracy Kidder’s inspiring new book “Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring […]
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Commentary: Too much misinformation? The issue is demand, not supply
A potentially gullible person is already flooded with more lies in a single day than he or she can possibly evaluate.
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Commentary: Portland needs elected leaders to take bold action on encampments
Until city councilors put solutions above rhetoric, nothing will change.
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Commentary: Broadband funding brings lifeline to Mainers most in need
A landmark law establishes a new paradigm for bringing broadband service to life: public-private partnerships between service providers and federal, state and local governments.
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Commentary: The Republicans are squabbling. Democrats are leading. You choose
There’s no nihilism caucus among House Democrats eager to burn democracy – and their own party – to the ground.