All dog care now falls to me. I’ve started to enjoy bookending my day with walks.
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Commentary: Culture of elitism pushes Maine kids away from high school sports
Money keeps kids out of school sports. So does the often too-distant promise of playing time.
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Jim Fossel: ‘Right to housing’ takes Maine constitution in wrong direction
A constitution works best when it limits government can do, not when it dictates what government must provide.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Keeping kids in poverty is our choice. What’s it going to be?
The expanded child tax credit pulled millions of kids out of poverty before expiring. It can do so again.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: ‘Privacy is power,’ and we all deserve to have it back
Mainers need their state legislators to give support to strong privacy bills that will guarantee that their personal information is protected by the law.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Shooting for a better moon
If we divert the $1.8 billion devoted to the cancer ‘moonshot’ into ending hunger, every dollar spent will have a guaranteed positive impact on health immediately – in Maine and across the country.
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Our View: Gov. Mills must outline thinking on tribal rights
The governor’s opposition to proposals like the latest one, involving tribal treaty language in the state Constitution, has been more or less sustained. Equally sustained is bafflement as to why.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Ben Bragdon: Higher fines for bad driving may just be a distraction
The Legislature is considering severe new fines on distracted driving. They probably won’t work.
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Commentary: Maine should shun initiatives to industrialize our coastal communities, waters
Restoration and protection efforts will sustain and strengthen our local fishing economies, cultures and marine ecosystems.
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Commentary: Maine should demand accountability from its solid waste monopolist
Communities served by the company find themselves in a take-it-or-leave-it situation. That’s not good enough.