A society with fewer hungry people could accomplish great things, including conquering cancer.
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Commentary: Maine should demand accountability from its solid waste monopolist
Communities served by the company find themselves in a take-it-or-leave-it situation. That’s not good enough.
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Letters to the editor: MSAD 75 support; Cost of Pine Tree Power; Clamping down on energy costs
MSAD 75 schools need our support Thursday As regular readers of this paper will know, the administrators and teachers of the MSAD 75 school district have been under a sustained pressure campaign for several years by members of the advocacy group “Parents Rights in Education” (or PRIE), which is based in Oregon and was started […]
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Commentary: Safety in the skies is paramount. Don’t cheapen pilot training and experience
Lobbyists are trying to weaken pilot experience mandates. High levels of training make the difference between life and death.
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Commentary: Maine should shun initiatives to industrialize our coastal communities, waters
Restoration and protection efforts will sustain and strengthen our local fishing economies, cultures and marine ecosystems.
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Commentary: My dream that women would lead Maine is now a reality
What’s on the menu for our state this International Women’s Day? Quite a bit.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: A Catholic in the pews responds to the diocesan legal strategy
As victims continue to struggle with the pain of past abuse, I urge Bishop Deeley to acknowledge them in his own voice, not that of an attorney.
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John L. Micek: Venus, Jupiter and the humbling reminder of our own place in creation
I was out in my front yard earlier this week, staring up at the night sky, and feeling impossibly humbled by the scale and the grandeur of the universe. In case you missed it, Venus and Jupiter are appearing close together in the western sky in an event called a conjunction, according to CNN. Such […]
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Elwood Watson: ‘Dilbert’ creator shows racial progress still needed in America
It’s been over a week since Dilbert creator Scott Adams was canceled by hundreds of newspapers across the nation, as well as Canada, for racist tirades he unleashed on his own YouTube show. Adams, who is white, suggested that white people “get the hell away from Black people,” referring to Black Americans as a “hate […]
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The Conversation: Americans remain hopeful about democracy despite fears of its demise – and are acting on that hope
THE CONVERSATION — President Joe Biden will convene world leaders beginning on March 29, 2023, to discuss the state of democracies around the world. The Summit for Democracy, a virtual event being co-hosted by the White House, is being touted as an opportunity to “reflect, listen and learn” with the aim of encouraging “democratic renewal.” As political scientists, we […]