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DANBY INK. CARTOONS
Biden longevity
President Joe Biden gets ready to tackle inflation.
N95 masks
The Biden administration gears up for delivering free N95 masks.
Price hike
Inflation strikes again.
Letter: Susan Collins should support voting rights protections
We are a democracy in name only if current voting rights are restricted or if vote counting is carried out by only one party.
Letter: A way to help pay rising property taxes
The idea is to use the equity in a person’s home to pay property taxes with repayment coming due when the property no longer serves as a home to that person or family.
Letter: Hospitals should be allowed to require patients be vaccinated
Allowing hospitals to refuse admission to unvaccinated COVID patients could reduce the problem of staff shortages due to COVID infections.
Farmers need more federal help
Innovation declines when fewer actors are involved in the same market; competition becomes collusion.
Good riddance to presidential debates
Long gone are the days of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas sparring at length over great questions of existential importance and the future of the nation.
Maine shouldn’t let Republicans, like Paul LePage, return us to a time before Roe v. Wade
“Less than a year out from the 2022 midterms, Maine’s GOP is already making clear that they want to take Maine backward,” Donna McNeil writes.
Letter: Rethinking meat consumption to help save the planet
“People should consider changing their diet. It will make us all feel better in so many ways,” Patricia Stowell and Peter VerLee write.
Letter: What it takes to make a living wage in Penobscot County
“Expenses do not include funds for entertainment, unpaid vacation or holidays, nor for pre-prepared and restaurant meals, nor for saving for a home purchase or retirement,” Chris Keefe writes.
Letter: Here are some facts about Jan. 6
“Before you want facts, you should want to accept the facts that you’ll uncover,” Gregory Greenleaf writes.
Cyberattacks on Ukraine could spread globally
“Warnings about imminent cyber threat can appear paranoid — until they’re not. For now, you may not want to turn off your computer for the night,” Parmy Olson writes.
During the pandemic, college students aren’t getting the education they paid for
Students are once again being exploited by colleges.
Strange and sad histories link Maine and Hawaii
“In both places, native people lost political sovereignty to outsiders,” Amy Fried writes.
The dire need for blood donation continues. Rules on who can donate need to change.
“There is also an obvious policy change that can help: removing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s outdated blood donation barrier for gay men,” the BDN Editorial Board writes.
Letter: Matthew Gagnon went too far in recent column
“I believe [Matthew] Gagnon crossed a line in his “2021 Conifer Awards” piece on Dec. 30,” Craig Kesselheim writes.
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