We are increasingly incapable of respecting the right to disagree. That has grave consequences for democracy.
Maine Voices
Opinion columns submitted by the public to the Portland Press Herald.
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Maine Voices: Our forests offer a valuable buffer against climate change
Forest conservation easements will be key in conserving 30% of Maine lands by 2030.
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Maine Voices: Why don’t we try listening to our anxiety?
Mental health experts often tell us to ‘breathe through’ things. Faced with the terror and grief of today, that encouragement is misguided.
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Maine Voices: There’s a profound moral impetus to protect the right whale
Let’s pull together for an endangered species that, as you may have noticed in recent weeks, has no constituency.
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Maine Voices: LePage is the antithesis of Mills’ weakness and fecklessness
Does anyone really think that the current governor represents Maine’s best interests?
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Maine Voices: Landlords are not passive tools of ‘the economy.’ Vote yes on Portland’s Question C.
The ballot question on tenant protections defends vulnerable people from the speculative ‘free market’ and the whims of landlords.
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Maine Voices: On childhood terrors and real dangers
Because the brinksmanship of the Cuban missile crisis played a large role in my childhood, I have a hard time thinking of nuclear annihilation as an abstract idea.
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Maine Voices: The Portland section of I-295 should be replaced
Building passenger rail to replace I-295 through Portland would create spaces to walk, bike and enjoy the city’s offerings.
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Maine Voices: Looking at Russia is easier than looking in the mirror
Russians have far less culpability than their American or NATO counterparts for the actions of their elected leadership.
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Maine Voices: A boomerang reconsiders what ‘from here’ means
Gift economies occur within stable clans and exchange economies characterize relationships among transient people.