Maine’s Legislature should pass L.D. 1550, banning the sale of flavored tobacco products. If we were starting with a clean slate, maybe we would give the corporations the benefit of the doubt. We aren’t. There is no reason to doubt that companies are using flavors to target children and other at-risk groups, because they have […]
2021
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Reject disenfranchisement of Arabs, Palestinians
I am an American Jew who believes Israel has a right to exist, and my heart aches for all the losses on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I do not think any nation has a right to divide its population into the two castes: privileged citizens who belong and disenfranchised others. The willful, rampant […]
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Ron Chase: A Union River doubleheader whitewater adventure
I was scheduled to lead a late-April Penobscot Paddle & Chowder Society whitewater trip, but water levels were low throughout most of the state. However, my research of U.S. Geological Survey online gauge readings indicated the eastern coastal watershed was still at normal spring volumes. Apparently almost no one believed me as only Mark and […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Letters: Maine bill enforcing safe gun storage would keep kids safe; US law enforcement history tied to persecution of Black people; Maine must ban flavored tobacco; Carbon cash back could cure climate crisis
Maine bill enforcing safe gun storage would keep kids safe With rights come great responsibilities. Maine gun owners pride themselves on being responsible. Securely storing firearms around children is a simple and responsible act. LD 759 helps to line up our laws with what responsibly gun owners already know: secure storage of firearms saves lives. […]
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Our View: Abortion rights under attack, in Maine and nation
Bills that would make it more difficult to terminate a pregnancy come before state legislators as the Supreme Court takes on Roe v. Wade.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Rethinking advice about being our best selves and being true to our selves
Rep. Liz Cheney is an example of someone who’d rather risk disapproval with a candid ‘true self’ than put forward a more palatable ‘best self.’
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Letter to the editor: For opposition to NECEC, Caratunk being singled out by CMP
During the recent legislative hearing for L.D. 1587, Rep. Scott Landry’s bill to remove the municipal ordinance exemption for the development of nonessential transmission lines, Central Maine Power singled out the town of Caratunk not once, but twice in testimony against the bill. After stating that it’s acceptable to benefit some at the expense of […]