Opinion

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February 17, 2023

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.
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February 17, 2023

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.
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February 17, 2023

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.
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February 17, 2023

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.
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February 17, 2023

Danny Tyree: Journalism: Can’t live with it, can’t live without it

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February 17, 2023

Dick Polman: Georgia grand jury unanimous about Trump’s lies
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February 17, 2023

Giving Voice: A community of giving
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February 17, 2023

Just a Little Old: Wherefore art thou, happiness?
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February 17, 2023

Gordon L. Weil: George Washington: racist or woke?
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February 17, 2023

The Conversation: What Trump’s foreign aid cuts would mean for global democracy