Maine Voices: School drills should not create trauma for students, staff
Well-run lockdown drills foster familiarity and confidence, and should not trigger anxiety among participants.
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Another View: Parkland gave us new voices on guns
The anniversary of a school massacre highlights how much work is still left undone.
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Reps. Cloutier and Arata: It’s time to give Maine’s family caregivers a tax break
Our older population deserves our respect, and so do the hardworking Mainers who care for them.
Letters to the Editor
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There are better ways to control rabies, a reader from Bath writes.
More in Opinion
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at 10:53 AMOnce again we are mired in conflict between competing visions of what kind of country we are going to be.
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The power of the highest office in the land has always captured our imagination.
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When a collision is inevitable, should a vehicle privilege the safety of its occupants or the people outside?
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The state should make sure that the licensing process is open, and the public has a right to know.
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When Mainers go to the polls March 3, public health will be on the ballot.
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The Democrats' supplemental budget won't need Republican support, and it shouldn't get any.
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The northern Scots called it 'blinter,' which describes the 'cold dazzle' of the night sky in the darkest time of year.
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A Nevada union's self-interested campaign puts it on the side of an unworkable status quo.
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Let's meet Mainer to Mainer and discuss how to move ahead on state firearm restrictions that would reduce the danger to our kids.
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Pellet boilers are a home-grown alternative to expensive electric-powered heat pumps.
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The Democratic front-runner is winning, but somehow he’s never the triumphant story.
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Only in Hollywood could you find a parking place in downtown Camden or shacks in the Anderson hayfield on the St. George peninsula.
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Discrimination persists, despite the Fifth and 14th amendments. But many Republicans in Congress don't seem to care.
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A Biddeford bus driver is owed an apology, and other comments on recent news.
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We need to rebuild access to the ballot box and push for Senate action on House-approved reforms.
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Cutting transportation-related emissions would also involve shuttles to parking garages and incentives to buy electric vehicles.
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February 13Following Republican senators' capitulation in the impeachment trial, nothing is stopping President Trump from settling scores and seizing power.
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February 13The evidence-based Crisis Intervention Team Program helps people access treatment and diverts them from the criminal justice system.
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February 12A commercial pulled from the Oscars broadcast showed postpartum life as it usually is. Why was that so scary to ABC?
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Democrats should take a cue from President Trump and think of an easy-to-remember moniker that hints at his greatest weakness.
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Critics of the novel 'Dirt' question whether a white author should be able to profit from imagining the trauma of Mexican migrants.
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February 12The Patients First Health Care package clamps down on fees and puts an end to abusive billing practices.
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Tradition now demands that two small, predominantly white states get to play too big a role in the nominating process.
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February 12We need more data on how long it takes most refugees to make enough in wages to support their families without taxpayers' help.
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