Before making the commitment to care for an animal, an expert suggests asking yourself some hard questions.
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Maine Voices: The individual right to bear arms is a recent phenomenon
Relentless messaging by the gun lobby changed public opinion and the Supreme Court followed.
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Commentary: Beware Russia’s ‘nesting game’ in its war on Ukraine
Sometimes tensions escalate because of dueling factions among allies, not increased conflict between enemies.
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Maine Voices: Piping plovers need federal backing to complete comeback
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
Pesticides and herbicides have cut populations of as much as 80 percent of insect species around the world,
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Jim Fossel: As with many things, Biden got it wrong on inflation
Following their leader’s misdirection, Democrats are getting lost as they search for ways to counter it.
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Insight: There’s no single ‘religious view’ on abortion
A scholar of religion writes that views on abortion differ not only among major religious traditions, but within each one.
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Maine Voices: From under a desk, a silent student bears witness with a poem
The children are watching, a teacher pleads, and they can see we are not keeping them safe.
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Commentary: Why everyone should celebrate Juneteenth
Freedom and equality are values that Americans associate closely with our national identity.
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Amy Calder: Aw, fudge! Waterville shop continues to expand its sweet offerings to customers
Malcolm Porter and David Spinney-Porter offer up herbal incense, tea, gifts, candy — and now fudge — at their specialty store, Incense & Peppermints, in downtown Waterville, Amy Calder writes.