A Nobel Prize-winning economist’s proposal – test essential workers daily, test the rest of us every two weeks – sets up a framework for gathering the data we need to make a decision
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Harsh rhetoric tears us apart – and can make violence seem acceptable
The often-overlooked reaction to the 1970 Kent State shootings offers chilling lessons for us today.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine should not follow demonstrators
Ignoring public health regulations during an epidemic won’t bring back the state’s economy.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: In COVID crisis, long-term care employees have been Maine’s everyday heroes
They’re on the front lines, providing life-sustaining care, and a national study has found many are now their household’s only breadwinner.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: COVID hits hard on the working poor
People who live paycheck to paycheck can’t take the steps to protect their health that are available to their better-off neighbors.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Allow SNAP recipients to shop online
Americans who use food stamps should be able to shop the same way as everyone else.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: A morning run with a Freeport Olympian
Joan Benoit Samuelson is in a class of her own, but she shares the road with a neighbor for at least part of her workout.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Postal Service may become a COVID casualty
We are in danger of losing an institution enshrined in our Constitution that offers a service that no private company would provide.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine is not alone in pandemic crisis
A worldwide recession on the heels of a global pandemic has as much impact here as do the choices made in Augusta.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Rolling the dice with COVID
Science will only give you part of the answer to the question of how much risk are you willing to accept.