Tools like ChatGPT discourage critical thinking, short circuit the learning process and disconnect students from each other.
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Opinion: Support for Trump overlooks and dismisses sexual abuse
It is astonishing how many citizens and neighbors are willing to make allowances for the presidential candidate’s depraved behavior.
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Opinion: Offshore wind in Gulf of Maine an opportunity we can’t ignore
The upcoming lease sale is the culmination of years of work to convince the federal government to only issue leases in specific areas.
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The Maine Millennial: Time to lower the boom on unsafe business
While lobbyists may argue otherwise, the record shows that companies cannot and will not regulate themselves.
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Jim Fossel: Maine poll shows Republican Party with room for cautious optimism
Republican advantages on issues and in individual races this election season are tempered by Democrats’ better organization and better management.
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Opinion: Harris’ most important plan is unknowable
If elected, the approach the vice president takes on taxation will set the tone for her presidency.
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Opinion: MAGA Republican candidates offer distraction only
Voters in Maine and nationwide must take a stand against their tactics.
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Opinion: Maine’s landfill capacity must be expanded to avoid crisis
While it’s not the preferred course of action, we cannot stand by and allow public health and environmental crises to unfold.
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Opinion: Christian nationalism poses an alarming threat today
Adherents seek to blur, and eventually erase, the division between church and state.
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Opinion: Harboring grudges is not the answer
To end the trend of rushing to punishment, we must find ways to understand those whom we fear or hate.