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Commentary: Be afraid

by faye flam Bloomberg View February 4, 2018February 2, 2018

Despite assurances that bad things – pandemic flu, asteroids, nuclear attacks – are inevitable, we’re still unprepared for them.

by Lucia Daranyi February 4, 2018February 3, 2018

Kids who are glued to their phones are not outside playing and exploring – and growing, de-stressing and learning.

by Robert Skogland February 3, 2018February 2, 2018

There is no other way to explain how grandchildren are able to activate their Alexis toy in five minutes.

by Gina Barreca Hartford Courant February 3, 2018February 2, 2018

Aging is like riding a Harley: It’s important to keep up a steady speed and lean into the turns.

by Jake A. Plante February 3, 2018February 2, 2018

It is yet another battle pitting big energy profits against the public’s right to a safe environment.

by Marc Thiessen The Washington Post February 2, 2018February 1, 2018

A poll shows 75 percent of viewers approved of President’s Trump’s first State of the Union address.

by Christian Castaneda Special to the Press Herald February 2, 2018February 1, 2018

I grew up in Portland, and I’m asking Sen. Susan Collins to keep me and others here in our home.

by Alyssa Rosenberg The Washington Post February 2, 2018February 1, 2018

She has been a champion of women’s issues, but in this case from the 2008 campaign, she let her gender down.

by Ben Chipman Special to the Press Herald February 1, 2018January 31, 2018

LePage is holding up rules that would increase access to the life-saving anti-overdose drug naloxone.

by ROB LEVIN Special to the Press Herald February 1, 2018February 1, 2018

An attorney arrested outside the company’s office says the company commits moral trespass.