Governments are experimenting with randomly selected citizen assemblies to develop public policy ideas.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Jim Fossel: Democrats need to start thinking small
If they want to get anything done, Democrats in Washington should stop trying to pass sweeping bills that have no Republican support.
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The Maine Millennial: Buddy, can you spare a kidney?
Organ donation may not be on the top of most people’s to-do lists, but maybe it should.
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Maine Voices: We must invest in New England dairy for our collective future
Let’s leverage regional dairy manufacturing to process and sell more local milk; enable public institutions to choose organic and local dairy, and stabilize transportation supply chain problems.
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Union president: Let’s leave politics out of dam relicensing
Despite what their leaders say, Republican legislators have not been supportive “every step of the way.”
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Jay Ambrose: You gotta have heart, maybe from a pig
Eddie Fisher, a terrific singer popular back in the 1950s, came to mind the other day because he crooned, “You gotta have heart, miles and miles and miles of heart,” and I had just read about the first successful heart transplant from a pig to a man. Ultimately, possibly, this extraordinary medical advance could save […]
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Commentary: The first prisoners arrived at Guantanamo Bay 20 years ago. Will it ever close?
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Douglas Rooks: Irish peace could have strange consequences
Peace never seems to sell newspapers like wars and political conflict, but may be more important — a point to remember in our own conflict-filled moment.
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Maine Voices: Lobstermen want to follow science to protect environment, iconic industry
Don’t be fooled by a recent series: People in Maine’s fishing industry are pleading for rational policies, not denying them.
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Another View: Without democracy, all is lost
Jan. 6 was the one-year anniversary of a violent insurrection. The investigation and gathering of evidence still continues and we have yet to serve justice on all those who plotted, funded, and encouraged supporters of the outgoing president to commit those lawless and treasonous acts. Former President Trump’s role in this worst domestic attack on […]