Cheap shot or prophesy? What Ted Kennedy warned us of 35 years ago has come to pass.
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Maine Observer: Learning to love the sounds of a foggy beach
A tall-tale for tourists captures a piece of the truth when the mist gets thick.
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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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The Maine Millennial: Buying a house is not a solo project
It took good advice and supportive family to help a rugged individualist strike out on her own.
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The humble Farmer: Volumes spoken in the correct pronunciation of the word ‘filth’
With curled lip and bared teeth, the writer’s wife gives voice to an emotion as old as humankind.
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Maine Voices: Let’s take a second look at the 2nd Amendment
Justice Scalia’s landmark gun rights decision did not permit any person to have any gun in any place.
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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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Commentary: On Father’s Day, let dads parent without the stereotypes
Prefabricated gender roles get in the way when men want to do the important and fulfilling work of raising their children.