Why can’t critical workers be our neighbors?
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Backyard Naturalist: Wolf spiders discovered on one of the first bug-, toad- and frog-finding missions of the spring
Are wolf spiders scary because of their name or because they are spiders? Dana Wilde writes
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Commentary: US wildfire season is now everywhere, all at once
The toxic smoke choking swathes of the Midwestern U.S. this week is a helpful reminder to Americans that Canada exists, and its wildfire season has come early. But Americans shouldn’t forget their own season starts much earlier these days, too. In fact, it’s getting to the point that wildfire season is all year long. A […]
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Opinion: Argument in favor of trans athletes fell short
Women and girls today deserve to have their own quality sports programs.
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Opinion: We’re taking ranked-choice voting national for presidential elections
If all states had RCV, there would be no worries that a third-party candidate could tip a state — and thus the White House — against popular will.
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Rep. Chellie Pingree: Let asylum seekers work
The federal government is standing in the way of a perfect marriage between willing workers and employers eager to hire.
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Commentary: Trump would sell your grandkid’s future for $1 billion
Sometimes the movies that stay with you for decades aren’t the good ones, but the ones with an unforgettable ad or an utterly inane premise. That last category includes maybe the worst movie of Robert Redford’s long and distinguished acting career, 1993′s Indecent Proposal, in which a beautiful and desperately cash-strapped young wife (Demi Moore) […]
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The Maine Millennial: There’s more than one way to make a town safe
When we focus on crime and policing to the exclusion of other investment, we let ourselves down.
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Commentary: Parents must end the teachers unions’ stranglehold on education
On May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court took a historic step toward ending injustice with its decision in Brown v. Board of Education. Politicians once stood in the schoolhouse door as a barrier to keep minorities out. The new civil rights challenge is to break through the barrier that’s trapping minority children in […]
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Hilary Koch: A simple piece of fan mail shows that small gestures really matter
Something to keep in mind: They won’t remember what you said, but they will remember how you made them feel.