Diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer, David Butler sees his play about hospice care staged at Mad Horse Theatre in South Portland.
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Leonard Pitts: Anti-vaxxers use deeply offensive symbol to play-act at victimhood
By wearing yellow Stars of David, these self-obsessed whiners are co-opting pain that doesn’t belong to them.
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Commentary: It’s time for Sen. Collins to support federal LGBTQ anti-bias protections
Maine has led the nation on a journey toward acceptance of LGBTQ people – voting for S.393 would continue this legacy.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
History lesson: A Maine native’s play about a witness to the Holocaust is poised to embark on national tour
‘Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski’ was co-written by Deering High School graduate Clark Young and stars acclaimed actor David Strathairn.
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Commentary: The European disease that’s mutated through the Black Death and COVID
As the biological virus attacks bodies, the mental virus of anti-Semitism infects hearts and cultures where hatred has never ceased to be endemic.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Finding the dignity in troubled people and places, from a sect to a small town
Shawna Kay Rodenberg recounts her childhood in a religious sect and in rural Kentucky.
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The Maine Millennial: Comfort amid grief can come from many sources
After finding religion and intoxication unsatisfactory, a writer takes solace in one of the laws of science.
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Commentary: Bias against America’s Muslims must end
The illogical logic is: If you are sufficiently Muslim, you are sufficiently guilty.
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Commentary: End discrimination in Maine against religious school families
By barring the use of public funding for religious high schools, the state is violating the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause, says the firm representing three Maine families.
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Insight: Leaving the faith
A researcher digs behind the shrinking numbers of people who identify as white Evangelical Christians.