Planning to violate children’s rights today with a promise to make it up to them tomorrow is not a plan for equal access to education.
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Commentary: A history of the ‘Big Lie,’ from Plato to TikTok
The development and circulation of great national myths has been going on for centuries.
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The humble Farmer: Very good times on the Victory Chimes
I spent the summer of 1958 on the wooden schooner, which is up for sale next month. Diary entries remind me of the ‘best job I ever had.’
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Another View: Mercifully, the U.S. Constitution is not based on the Bible
Elected officials like Missouri’s Josh Hawley seek to impose their beliefs on school curricula, equal rights, bodily autonomy and other issues.
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Maine Voices: Consider a peaceful devolution of America into several nations
Could it be that there are limits to growth? Four interesting books light the way.
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The Conversation: US is becoming ‘developing country’ on global rankings that measure democracy, inequality
THE CONVERSATION — The United States may regard itself as a “leader of the free world,” but an index of development released in July 2022 places the country much farther down the list. In its global rankings, the United Nations Office of Sustainable Development dropped the U.S. to 41st worldwide, down from its previous ranking of […]
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Gordon Weil: Trump case judge undermines confidence in courts
Donald Trump has a friend at court. He appointed her. U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon favors the former president in the Department of Justice case about the presidential documents found in an FBI search at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida resort residence. Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr, also a Trump appointee, has noted that it […]
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The Conversation: In states where abortion is banned, children and families already face uphill battle
THE CONVERSATION — Some proponents of abortion bans and restrictions say they are concerned about “supporting not just life,” but what they call “quality of life worth living,” saying they want to promote laws and policies that help families. Three authors from Brigham Young University, for instance, have noted that the overturning of Roe v. Wade […]
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Giving Voice: Bracing for a winter of feeding hungry families
As summer ends and the harvest begins to wane, Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program is hard at work planning how to provide relief for food insecurity through the upcoming winter. Food insecurity—defined as a lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life—affects 20% of Maine kids and 13.5% of adults, an […]
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David Treadwell: Overwhelmed by your support
I’m absolutely blown away by the tremendous support I’ve received from family, friends, acquaintances and even strangers to the news that I have been diagnosed with Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia, a form of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (NHL). I wasn’t sure whether to put the news out there on Facebook or this column or other public forums. Tina advised […]