Opinion

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March 11, 2023

Our View: Keeping kids in poverty is our choice. What’s it going to be?

The expanded child tax credit pulled millions of kids out of poverty before expiring. It can do so again.
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March 11, 2023

Maine Voices: Proposed project will be a change for the better in Bayside

Speak up Tuesday in favor of a mixed-use walkable neighborhood that includes about 200 units of much-needed affordable housing near parks, trails, schools, supermarkets and more.
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March 11, 2023

The humble Farmer: Looking back on suspenseful tales of time and loss

If enough years go by, an old Maine man can learn to like country music or find the hearing aid that cost as much as he earned in the Coast Guard.
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March 11, 2023

Commentary: Private texts confirm it – Fox isn’t a news network

The communications that went public add further proof that the right-wing media network is nothing more than a hypocritical grift.
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March 10, 2023

Jeremy Cluchey: It’s time to talk about ‘parent rights’ in education

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March 10, 2023

Just a Little Old: We have met the enemy, and it is Fox News
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March 10, 2023

Danny Tyree: Does Saint Patrick’s Day have a future?
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March 10, 2023

Gordon L. Weil: Dangerous proposal for a ‘national divorce’
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March 10, 2023

Commentary: New England forests can sustain our climate and biodiversity – if we work together

The answer lies in an approach that leaves part of the land free from logging to maximize biological richness and carbon storage, while introducing improved management practices everywhere else.
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March 10, 2023

Commentary: Left, right are both wrong about Gov. DeSantis’ ‘Western civilization’ classes

Taught properly, the course would teach students to question everything – not a goal of the Republican governor – as well as undermining some favorite Democratic ideas, especially about race and identity.