Campaigning across the state in 2018, I met so many people worried that they’ll never be able to afford health care. Small business owners bracing for unpredictable hikes in costs for the health insurance their employees all need to stay healthy and stay working. Seniors who are rationing prescription drug medications – or worse, going […]
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Joe Cassidy: Creating connections through technology
There are four rows of tables in Professor Tom Richardson’s Case Management class, but there are five rows of students. Four rows of students sit at the tables as Richardson teaches this Behavioral Health & Human Services course on our South Portland Campus. From a large TV screen in the back of the room, Catherine […]
Letters: Respect should never go out of style; Supporting climate activists
Respect should never go out of style With the current impeachment hearings underway, I feel compelled to write with my concerns about the office of the President of the United States. I have faith that Congress will follow the protocol that is set by the Constitution and will come to a fair conclusion one way […]
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Dick Polman: Snarky mockery of Joe Biden is sheer malarkey
Whether you support or oppose Biden, you have to admit that the “No Malarkey” slogan attests to his authenticity.
Peter Roff: American needs more spectrum now
Putting new Wi-Fi in 45 MHz of the 5.9 GHz band will create the country’s first contiguous 160 MHz channel, something that is critical to the deployment of next-generation Wi-Fi 6, which is expected to bring gigabit and high-capacity Wi-Fi to American consumers.
Michael Shannon: Hospitals play pin the price on the donkey
In theory, health insurance companies should be staunch allies of consumers in this fight for price transparency. Unfortunately, they’re content to be wards of the Obamacare state.
Douglas Rooks: A Primary Is What You Make of It
Since the 1990s, Maine has shifted between caucuses and primaries three times.
Jonathan Crimmins: A Christmas wish list
This is the time of year when some really interesting ideas come to the forefront. And by interesting I mean disastrous.
Sandy Stott: It’s (no) Mere Brook
It is our aquatic bloodstream; it is the brook that runs through us.