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opinion

Published
April 10, 2022

Maine Observer: Sweet memories of maple sugaring

Reminiscences of late winter and early spring days spent on my grandmother’s Waterboro farm are a treat, even many years later.
Published
April 9, 2022

Another View: College rankings are misleading. So why do we still use them?

U.S. News’ and other annual rankings are unhelpful and too frequently gamed by colleges. It’s time to give families useful guides.
Published
April 9, 2022

Maine Voices: State funding is needed to ensure the safety of Maine children

To truly recognize April as Child Abuse Prevention Month, investing in abuse and neglect prevention alongside improvements to the intervention system is essential.
Published
April 9, 2022

The humble Farmer: The Great Dejunking, or trash versus treasure

The Almost Perfect Woman is a minimalist, but I can’t get anything done around the house without the odds and ends she calls ‘clutter.’
Published
April 9, 2022

Commentary: Compassion is the antidote to political stress

Let’s work toward a future where we might all live with our collective human dignity intact. It will be hard, but the alternative is dystopia.

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Published
April 8, 2022

Commentary: We believe in innocent until proven guilty – unless a defense attorney is up for office

The attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson for representing indigent defendants are just the latest example of how the constitutionally required role is maligned.
Published
April 8, 2022

Another View: Hold Putin to account for war crimes

The most recent revelations from Bucha further confirm Russia’s depravity.
Published
April 8, 2022

Maine Voices: Five possible solutions to Portland’s housing crisis

Encouraging multifamily and denser construction, creating building incentives and simplifying permitting are among the ways to make room for dwellings of all types and prices.
Published
April 7, 2022

Tom Purcell: We must fix the nursing shortage
Published
April 7, 2022

Maine Voices: Stop saying small-business owners oppose Maine biometric privacy bill

It’s in the interest of Big Tech to defeat L.D. 1945, which would create guardrails on how companies can use our personal identifiers – our fingerprints, faces and voices.