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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Voices: A boomerang reconsiders what “from here” means
I’ve found that gift economies occur within stable clans and exchange economies characterize relationships among transient people.
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Maine Voices: COVID calculus puts too much stock in negative tests
Has the pandemic lowered the bar for common sense when we’re feeling unwell? It sure can seem that way.
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Maine Voices: The long goodbye – my family, my father and Alzheimer’s
The disease’s progression tests our ties, but maybe a cure is in the pipeline so other families will not have to endure what we and many millions of others do each day.
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Douglas Rooks: Voters decide elections, not polls
For democracy to work, each voter should act as if the fate of the Republic really is in their hands.
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Maine Voices: From billboards to bottles, policies speak volumes about how we want to live
In big ways and small, life really is different here in Maine. It’s up to us to keep it that way.
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Commentary: The amazing courage of Iranian women and girls
Tribune News Service (TNS)
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Commentary: Maine still treating Indigenous tribes like second-class citizens
The state’s tribes are still waiting for access to rights and benefits enjoyed by hundreds of tribes across the nation.
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Faye Flam: Hunger and obesity are the same problem in the US
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
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Maine Voices: A pandemic casualty: the funeral services that allowed us to mourn
There is no substitute for gathering in person – it can knit us, emotionally, as one.