If you don’t know that your people have always belonged somewhere, it’s hard to feel at home there.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Stop legislative wolves in sheep’s clothing
Let’s curtail trickery by lawmakers – at both the state and federal level.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: End homelessness and welcome asylum seekers – Maine can do both
State and federal leaders should come together to establish an effective asylum seeker resettlement program.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine Deadly Force Review Panel report doesn’t shed enough light
Failures to deescalate situations we can clearly understand. Why don’t we know more about the police interventions that succeed?
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: The phasing out of pandemic SNAP benefits is out of touch
Pre-COVID levels of food assistance are simply no match for a ‘post-COVID’ world.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: I was shot in the Southern California desert. Why? That’s the wrong question.
Knowing a shooter’s motive is no protection from other shooters’ future acts of violence. For that, we need gun reforms – but our courts and our politicians aren’t stepping up.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: It’s time for Maine to reinstate parole for rehabilitated inmates
Bearing part or all of the cost of their own supervision, eligible prisoners could be released and placed in jobs to support their families, make restitution and pay taxes.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Another challenge of climate change – registering its urgency while living our lives
It’s a difficult balance but one we must try to achieve, considering that we’re at the most life-threatening moment in history.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Danny Tyree: Journalism: Can’t live with it, can’t live without it
I was saddened to hear of the death of Dr. Glenn Himebaugh, co-founder of the journalism department at my alma mater, Middle Tennessee State University. Although I hadn’t kept in touch with Dr. Himebaugh since graduation 40 years ago, I have to wonder what he thought of the current reality and public perception of the […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Dick Polman: Georgia grand jury unanimous about Trump’s lies
Shortly before the deadly MAGA insurrection on Capitol Hill, 2020 election loser Donald Trump infamously ordered Georgia election overseer Brad Raffensperger to “find 11,780 votes,” just enough votes to propel him to statewide victory over Joe Biden. Trump – circling the drain, his power on the wane – justified his demand with a laundry list […]