Opposition to trans athletes competing in girls’ sports is nothing more than bullying.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Opinion: Our kids need better protection in digital spaces
App store-level verification is a uniform, simple approach to online safety. Congress should make it happen.
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Opinion: Not even President Trump can control developmental biology
When people live in an atmosphere of respect for a broad array of abilities and experiences, they can flourish. The converse causes damage.
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Opinion: USAID is good for the world, the country and Maine
Foreign recipients of U.S. assistance view our country favorably. Goodwill helps make and strengthen friendships.
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Opinion: Maine Sea Grant cut is a political punishment
The decision to withdraw funding has nothing to do with government efficiency. It has nothing to do with high school teams. It doesn’t even have to do with fishing.
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Opinion: Now is the time to strengthen access to family planning in Maine
All Mainers deserve access to this essential care. A bill co-sponsored by the Democratic legislative leadership stands to help.
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Opinion: Maine’s female athletes deserve fair play, not fanaticism
On the issue of transgender participation in girls’ sports, common sense needs to carry the day.
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Opinion: War of words: Why Trump vs. the AP concerns us all
A seemingly shallow dispute over the name of the Gulf of Mexico is anything but.
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Hilary Koch: Finding the daily good in dark times
A broken headlight and a new set tires led to an epiphany, the columnist writes.
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Opinion: Our betrayal of Ukraine has stark historic precedent
The pending Trump-Putin meeting to discuss the war echoes another gathering — this one in Munich in 1938.