Up to 3 million full-time equivalent workers have been knocked out by lingering health effects. Let’s start acting like it.
Siobhan Brett
Staff Writer
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Remember what American greatness looks like
It’s getting harder and harder to imagine the U.S. united in the face of a common enemy, as we were on this day 21 years ago.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: The complicated history of Queen Elizabeth II
The late monarch, a widely beloved fixture of British life, leaves behind a disunited kingdom.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: The metric of success that matters most to me
On the cusp of turning 30, I’m reflecting on what my dad had to say about room for improvement.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Education will be key to upholding our democracy
I see the demonization of teachers as part of a wider, more self-serving plan by the Republican Party,
Posted inOpinion
Insight: America’s next big labor battle could be Minor League Baseball
Most minor leaguers still toil for substandard wages under unfathomable conditions. That might be about to change.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
‘Not Working’ – readers respond to our labor crisis series
Sunday’s front-page story, the second part of our five-part series on Maine’s workforce crisis, explores the effect the pandemic had on workers of retirement age – the vast majority of the people who left our state’s workforce since early 2020 were early retirees. In the opening installment, reporter Peter McGuire gave us a sense of […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Texas’ cautious approach to marijuana use has been the correct path
There are still too many unknowns to broadly expand legal marijuana use. The state of Texas has taken that fact into account to good effect.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Unfair cartoon uses projection to demonize Democrats
I had to read it twice to be sure I was actually understanding it. The political cartoon on Page A6 of the Sept. 9 paper (by the syndicated artist Rivers) was projection of the worst kind. Depicting Democrats as the party demonizing critics, weaponizing the justice system and planning to set up an authoritarian state […]
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Commentary: Let’s break our terrible habit of both-sidesing things
Find out what’s true and what’s not, present the former and condemn the latter when necessary. It’s that simple.