Making bad things legal has never reduced their use.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Time has come for dogs to have their day at the Legislature
We have chickadee, moose, Maine coon cat as state animals, why not the Labrador retriever?
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Turning our backs on space
No followup missions to outer planets have been funded, even as human spaceflight program falters.
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Exceptional health care shouldn’t depend on whether one is special or lucky
Two weeks in the hospital didn’t mean loss of job or fear of bankruptcy.
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LePage threw down gauntlet, but he’ll need to compromise on budget
A little give and take means everyone wins and loses some.
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After nine years using SAT, Maine heading back to a reborn MEA
MEA (Smarter Balanced) is redesigned to test student achievement of Common Core State Standards.
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What happened? In 1993, Clinton promised to redesign the government
Making it more efficient is more important than either expanding or shrinking it.
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Roadside litter spins a narrative of the importance of caffeine in US culture
Soft drink bottles and cans reveal popularity of carbonated caffeine.
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Message of ‘Groundhog Day’: A power exists that cares what kind of people we become
Movie echoes sentiments by Pope Francis about church’s take on evolution.
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Cats teach us a powerful lesson about love, loss
It took about a year before I was ready to fill the void in my heart left by our cat’s death.