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Maine Voices: The individual right to bear arms is a recent phenomenon

by Cushman Anthony Special to the Press herald June 23, 2022June 24, 2022

Relentless messaging by the gun lobby changed public opinion and the Supreme Court followed.

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Douglas Rooks: Religion’s ‘free exercise’ could boomerang in Maine, nation

by Douglas Rooks June 23, 2022June 23, 2022

Lines between public and private have blurred and the Supreme Court seems intent on blurring them further, Douglas Rooks writes.

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Commentary: Beware Russia’s ‘nesting game’ in its war on Ukraine

by Tyler Cowan Bloomberg Opinion June 22, 2022June 24, 2022

Sometimes tensions escalate because of dueling factions among allies, not increased conflict between enemies.

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Scholars Strategy Network: America needs to criminalize gay conversion therapy on children

by Hannah Goldstein and Kristen Gleason Special to Central Maine Newspapers June 21, 2022June 20, 2022

It is a harmful practice that should be criminally banned on a both a state and federal level.

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Maine Compass: My fellow Republicans must stop slide into election denial

by David Andrew Special to Central Maine Newspapers June 21, 2022June 20, 2022

Bruce Poliquin, the party’s nominee in the 2nd Congressional District, is complicit in Donald Trump’s efforts to sabotage democracy.

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Maine Voices: Piping plovers need federal backing to complete comeback

by Laura Williams Special to the Press Herald June 21, 2022June 23, 2022

From a low of just eight pairs in the 1980s to 125 pairs on Maine beaches last year, these birds can escape extinction with a fully funded Endangered Species Act.

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Maine Voices: Gardens can’t grow without bees and other bugs

by Grace Nichols Special to the Press Herald June 20, 2022June 21, 2022

Pesticides and herbicides have cut populations of as much as 80 percent of insect species around the world,

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Commentary: It’s way past time for sensible gun laws, safe spaces for our children and ourselves

June 20, 2022June 17, 2022

Every day when we go to work in a children’s hospital, we know that today could be the day. The day when our community is in the news, and we are called to the Emergency Department to assist in caring for victims of a school shooting. We work more than 1,000 miles from each other, […]