Breast cancer task force has rolled back progress
A government task force studying breast exams said on Nov. 16 that women should stop getting breast exams until the age of 50 and every other year after that.
Change is in the air in the battle for civil rights
A note of gratitude to many. As the dust settles from the temporary defeat of Question 1, I find myself immensely grateful to many. I extend my thanks to our governor and our elected officials who sponsored and passed the equal access to marriage law. They indeed placed their political careers at risk by taking this very large step toward equality in Maine. They demonstrated their commitment to all Mainers.
No plane, not even Flight 93, 'disintegrates on impact'
Americans are easily brainwashed about Sept. 11, 2001, so the controversy rolls on about a memorial for Flight 93.
'Trigger' another flim-flam insurers can exploit
Gordon Weil's Nov. 12 column does not fully address why most Americans consistently favor a robust public health insurance option. Working in health care for 35 years, I've watched every cockamamie solution: big insurance belly-flop, DRGs, capitation, managed care, PPOs, HMOs, etc.
CMP power grid upgrade would create jobs
I have been involved in the research and development of alternative energy for many years often in cooperation with the federal government and universities across the country.
'These people are not done, ... it's already being taught'
I'm writing in response to the letter on Nov. 6: "Religious beliefs should not affect other's rights."
'Good life' should be available for all
In his column comparing St. Luke and Karl Marx, Joseph Reisert focused on Marx' famous rejection of the notion that Christianity (or any religion) might play a positive role in creating a just society.
PREVIOUS WEEK'S OPINIONS
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. Not Thoreau. 150 years ago he ventured into Maine's woods. The high drama of the nature Thoreau encountered made its way into the equally dramatic prose of his book, The Maine Woods. We mark the 150th anniversary of Thoreau's 1857 trip as well as the legacy of this transcendentalist, nature lover and, as author Ted Williams writes, contrarian who loved Maine in its wildest and most rugged incarnations.
