Has the pandemic lowered the bar for common sense when we’re feeling unwell? It sure can seem that way.
Maine Voices
Opinion columns submitted by the public to the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: The long goodbye – my family, my father and Alzheimer’s
The disease’s progression tests our ties, but maybe a cure is in the pipeline so other families will not have to endure what we and many millions of others do each day.
advertisement
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: From billboards to bottles, policies speak volumes about how we want to live
In big ways and small, life really is different here in Maine. It’s up to us to keep it that way.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: A pandemic casualty: The funeral services that allowed us to mourn
There is no substitute for gathering in person – it can knit us, emotionally, as one.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Well yes, I am ‘from away,’ but hey, I’m here!
Can we change how we refer to people who didn’t have the good fortune to be born in the Pine Tree State?
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: We have a rare opportunity to improve local libraries
A Senate appropriations bill includes $20 million in federal funding for library buildings nationally.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Open your eyes: Domestic abuse is all around us
More than half the time when I mention domestic abuse to someone in Maine, they tell me they too were terrorized by someone they loved, or that this happened to their mother, grandmother, sister or daughter.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Students think globally with help from Camden Conference
Through the nonprofit, I’ve discovered how to relate what I’ve learned in the Arctic to life in Maine in ways that are meaningful to the young people I teach.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: What does a ‘bike party’ entail? I hopped on mine to find out.
Turns out a summer’s night, a full moon and 200 bicyclists in convoy in and around Portland is a recipe for success.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Commentary: Four weddings and 25 years of fighting for them
A lot has changed since the Portland Press Herald refused to publish our wedding announcement in 1997.