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PublishedApril 18, 2023
Commentary: The gun debate isn’t hopeless. Just look at Tennessee
The state has managed a small start on the road to rational gun laws. It’s a start that almost certainly is a product of youthful political activism.
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PublishedApril 18, 2023
Commentary: Saving Maine’s year-round communities demands a joint effort
In Stonington, as in many towns across the state, the need for housing requires us to slow, stop and reverse the loss of control of properties to those who neither vote nor reside here.
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PublishedApril 18, 2023
Commentary: Farmworkers deserve same rights as other workers
Their back-breaking labor puts food on our tables and still they are treated like second-class citizens. Two bills before the state Legislature aim to change that.
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PublishedApril 17, 2023
Commentary: What’s really needed to address Maine’s educator shortages
At the root of every solution to the dearth of teachers is something simple: respect.
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PublishedApril 16, 2023
Jim Fossel: Maine deserves to choose its constitutional officers
Our current system – unique in the U.S. – wrongly leaves officeholders unaccountable to anyone but their own political party.
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PublishedApril 16, 2023
Commentary: Does AI mean the 4-day workweek is almost here?
Count me among those who worry that employers will grab most of the savings for themselves unless society forces them not to.
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PublishedApril 16, 2023
Commentary: Should the U.S. put limits on TikTok? Probably. But not like this
Born out of mounting fear of surveillance by foreign adversaries, the RESTRICT Act – currently making its way through Congress – would restrict much, much more than it needs to.
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PublishedApril 16, 2023
The Maine Millennial: At this point, who cares about the Second Amendment
Specious, illogical gun-rights arguments wouldn't be accepted on any other subject.
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PublishedApril 16, 2023
Commentary: Health care for vulnerable populations makes spiritual and economic sense
An unconditional commitment to caring for the sick, however you arrive at it, represents a fundamental quality of a decent world.
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PublishedApril 15, 2023
Commentary: Child care has failed. The government can solve it.
Paying federal wages and benefits to child care workers would apply upward pressure on the compensation of the entire underpaid service sector.
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