L.D. 181 would require DHHS to eliminate the barriers to providing residential care for Maine young people closer to home.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: How older Mainers can take action on climate change
To those elders who feel a responsibility to future generations, there are lifestyle changes that can help, but there is something more significant: what you do with your money.
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Letters to the editor: The right to die; CMP’s future
The right to die On March 15, The Times Record ran an op-ed piece by Christine Flowers which, in my opinion, belonged in the religion section. “Euthanasia may be seen as a form of kindness, but it’s not” is a Catholic’s rejection of a proposed Pennsylvania “death with dignity” bill working its way through that […]
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Commentary: No good will come from ban on flavored tobacco in Maine
Looking for a catastrophic policy failure? Look no further!
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Toxic pesticides hurt all of us
Eight years ago, I transitioned our farm to organic. Why, then, do pesticides still bother me? Because some drift through the air for miles, polluting not only my farm and crops but also important habitats.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Can Congress encourage wiser AI?
Oversight will be vital as these systems are marketed to millions, turning citizens and their deliberative powers into products any businesses and politicians can purchase.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Jase Graves: Spring broke
When my three semi-grown daughters were young (and since I work in the lucrative world of public education), we’d spend our spring break holidays riding bikes to the park, making dad-sized pillow forts in the living room, and raiding the gift shop at the zoo. Now that two of the girls are in college and […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Richard Ogle: Abortion and democratic rights
The overlap between reproductive and democratic rights often goes unremarked. But the two are inextricably linked. The right to abortion, for example, includes the right to bodily autonomy, to be free of government-enforced birthing, to determine the size and timing of one’s family, to cross state borders to obtain healthcare, and to receive mail (which […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
The Conversation: The view from Moscow and Beijing: What peace in Ukraine and a post-conflict world look like to Xi and Putin
THE CONVERSATION — Just a few days after being branded a war criminal in an international arrest warrant, Russian President Vladimir Putin was talking peace with his most important ally, Chinese president Xi Jinping. The setting for the get-together was the late-15th-century Faceted Chamber, the ornate throne room of Muscovite grand princes and czars. The main topics of […]
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Another View: Xi has been an apologist for Putin. Will he also be his lethal arms supplier?
If the answer is ‘yes,’ it would dramatically change the dynamic of the war in Ukraine.
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