We’re more than a week out from the 2022 midterm elections, and there has been considerable commentary and various reasons offered about why the results turned out the way they did. For all the talk of the “massive red wave” that was supposed to arrive with the force of a hurricane, what we witnessed was […]
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The Conversation: COVID-19, RSV and the flu are straining health care systems – two epidemiologists explain what the ‘triple threat’ means for children
Every fall and winter, viral respiratory illnesses like the common cold and seasonal flu keep kids out of school and social activities. But this year, more children than usual are ending up at emergency departments and hospitals. In California, the Orange County health department declared a state of emergency in early November 2022 due to […]
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A Biden coalition is (barely) saving democracy. POTUS 46 must run again in ’24
Biden kept Trump and his dangerous disdain for democracy out of the White House in 2020. Why gamble on something different?
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The Conversation: Hey, new parents — go ahead and ‘spoil’ that baby
THE CONVERSATION — When an infant cries, parents frequently wonder whether they should soothe the baby or let the baby calm itself down. If they respond to every sob, won’t the baby cry more? Isn’t that spoiling the baby? I hear these questions a lot as a professor of child development and family science. The notion […]
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Danny Tyree: Are you thankful for the right things?
Please pardon me, but I am always overcome by mawkish sentimentality at this time of year. I cannot contain my gratitude. I am thankful for a paycheck and sunsets and modern plumbing and mobility and rainbows and warm clothing and good friends and conjunctions and… I am thankful that I can do anything you can […]
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Giving Voice: Volunteering in retirement
After many years volunteering at Oasis Free Clinics, I have chosen to step down as the director of the Dental Clinic. That decision made me realize how important volunteerism has been in defining my retirement. As our working years come to a close, we give a lot of thought as to what retirement will bring. […]
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Just a Little Old: Everyone wins at the St. Paul’s Church Christmas Fair
What if you could buy an exquisite handmade sweater and, in the process, help house the homeless or provide dental care to those who otherwise couldn’t afford it? What if you knew that your purchase of delicious dinners from a freezer gourmet would help teens and adults with challenges lead more independent lives or a […]
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Gordon L. Weil: No red wave, but a big blue undertow
The heralded Red Wave – an overwhelming Republican election victory – obviously didn’t hit the shore. But there was a strong undertow – a powerful countercurrent just below the surface. The polls and the pundits, both merely skimming the surface as usual, missed the Blue Undertow. A fading Donald Trump is reported to have cost […]
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Tom Purcell: Giving thanks
Is the glass half empty or half full? In my experience it’s always been half full — and that’s one of many things I am thankful for this Thanksgiving. We lost my father this year, and that leaves a huge hole in our hearts — until we focus on the life he lived so well […]
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The Maine Idea: Bring back those old-time elections
It used to be that when we had an election on Tuesday, we’d know the results by Wednesday afternoon at the latest. Even nail-biter presidential elections such as those in 1960 and 1968 were resolved by then, with concession speeches by the losing candidates marking the end of the campaign. That was then. Now, vote-counting […]
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