Without video evidence, it’s unlikely we would have ever heard of George Floyd or witnessed the prosecution of his killer, a Minneapolis police officer. The recording of Floyd’s killing echoed the documentation in the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two Black men who were killed at the hands of police. The circulation of […]
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Commentary: Gun violence soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study finds – but the reasons why are complex
In a new study, we found that the overall U.S. gun violence rate rose by 30% during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the year before. In 28 states, the rates were substantially higher between March 1, 2020, and March 31, 2021, compared to the pre-pandemic period from Feb. 1, 2019, through […]
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Football notebook: Freeport falls in Class D semifinal, but future looks promising for Falcons
Several players on Midcoast teams also receive Campbell Conference recognition.
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Commentary: The FDA’s lax oversight of research in developing countries can do harm to vulnerable participants
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The Big Idea The Food and Drug Administration provides less stringent oversight of overseas research trials used in deciding whether to approve a drug than those conducted domestically. That was the finding of my recent study, published in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. My […]
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Guest column: Drug price controls would hurt seniors
The latest iteration of Build Back Better – the president’s multi-trillion-dollar tax-and-spending binge that has been stalled in Congress all year – purports to reduce the cost of prescription drugs via negotiation. Medicare prescription drug plans already negotiate prices aggressively. As Obama’s CBO director Doug Elmendorf explained back in 2009: “additional authority to negotiate for […]
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Commentary: The ‘great resignation’ is a trend that began before the pandemic – and bosses need to get used to it
Finding good employees has always been a challenge – but these days it’s harder than ever. And it is unlikely to improve anytime soon. The so-called quit rate – the share of workers who voluntarily leave their jobs – hit a new record of 3% in September 2021, according to the latest data available from […]
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Dick Polman: Charlottesville defendants turn trial into a platform for hate
Mark Twain, in an unpublished manuscript, once wrote: “It is not worthwhile to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man’s character will always make the preventing of the repetitions impossible.” “Man’s character” indeed. Check out what’s happening right now in Charlottesville, Virginia. Hear the eerie echoes of what happened in Germany in 1924. […]
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Letter: Stop CMP corridor construction
On Nov. 2, the Maine people spoke loudly about CMP’s so-called Green Energy Corridor. We saw through many of CMP’s questionable plans. But foremost I think Maine people realized we were getting a bad deal. The corridor was never about green energy. It was about making billions for CMP and its parent company. Is this […]
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Football: Colby uses second half rally to upend Bowdoin, win CBB title
Matt Hersch carries Mules to third consecutive Colby-Bates-Bowdoin crown.
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David Treadwell: If you’re going to die, why not live?
My daughter-in-law recently told me about an NPR story which sparked the idea for this column. The noted Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman was asked what one message he would pass along to future beings if the world blew up. He said he would tell them that everything is composed of atoms. Audience members were asked […]