Approaches that focus on mentoring while keeping juveniles safely at home have a far better track record.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Compass: The enemy of the people all over again
The defense of Americans’ intellectual rights is of equal value to the defense of their physical rights.
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Maine Compass: Exposing systemic flaws in the child protection system
There are ways to help government recognize problems before they result in tragedy.
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Maine Voices: Short-term rentals the root cause of Portland’s housing dilemma
They are antithetical to the long-term interests of the city, and unfair to residential homeowners.
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Greg Kesich: We’re living in the ‘U.S. of ADHD’
Constant distraction is taking its toll and characterizes our time alongside ‘The Age of Anxiety’ and ‘Prozac Nation.’
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Jim Fossel: Maine should keep courts from becoming political battlegrounds
If elected officials and activists don’t act responsibility, it could happen, as it has elsewhere.
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Commentary: College students are more complex and caring than we assume
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Maine Voices: Laws already on the books to protect abused kids should be reviewed
Mandatory reporters, when properly trained, can help bring abuse and neglect to authorities’ attention.