As our leaders return to the table of discussion again, we hope for forbearance, vision and, most of all, patience.
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Gordon L. Weil: Trump and the politics of the Big Lie
Because Adolf Hitler ruled so far below civilized bounds, it may seem unfair to say anybody else is like him. But some people continue to use his strategies. In Germany, when Hitler came to power after his Nazi Party won a minority election victory in 1933, some believed he would fade at the next elections. […]
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Our View: Top 10 ranking reveals depth of the paradox of Portland
The city was this week ranked one of the nation’s best places to live. That is, if you can live here at all.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Heal the animals, heal the Earth on Endangered Species Day
As we face loss of biodiversity around the globe, the good news is we still have time to shepherd in a new era of respect for all species.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Older Mainers are primed and ready to go
A tow and a ticket had me, at nearly 70, fearing for my faculties. Then I learned about ‘positive aging.’
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Letters to the editor: Early education; electrification; and aquaculture growth
Supporting early education We all want to be able to educate our youngest children and give them the strongest possible start. Right now, thanks to the sponsorship of Sen. Eloise Vitelli, the Legislature is considering a bill (LD 1799) that would establish a timeline, an implementation plan and incentives to expand publicly funded preschool programming, […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Giving Voice: Among the volunteers
Eight years ago, when I stepped through the back door of the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program on Tenney Way in Brunswick for my first shift in the soup kitchen, I hardly imagined what a few hours of chopping and roasting and stirring on Monday mornings would come to mean to me. If I was […]
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The Conversation: ChatGPT-powered Wall Street: The benefits and perils of using artificial intelligence to trade stocks and other financial instruments
THE CONVERSATION — Artificial Intelligence-powered tools, such as ChatGPT, have the potential to revolutionize the efficiency, effectiveness and speed of the work humans do. And this is true in financial markets as much as in sectors like health care, manufacturing and pretty much every other aspect of our lives. I’ve been researching financial markets and algorithmic trading for 14 […]
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Just a Little Old: On transgender athletes competing
I played No. 1 on the Mount Pleasant High School (Delaware) golf team over 60 years ago. (People who see me play today won’t believe that piece of trivia.) In the fall of 1959, our team played a match against A.I. DuPont High School. I had to play against their No. 1 golfer, a girl […]
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Commentary: Innovative bill will give Maine doctors new tool in mental health toolkit
Veterans, first responders, people with terminal illness and many others stand to benefit from L.D. 1914, which would create a psilocybin-assisted therapy program in Maine.
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