What Will Smith did to Chris Rock is legal in Maine … but only if you’re a parent doing it to your own child.
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Maine Voices: Rare bird reminds us of the ways in which conservation pays off
The state’s extended visit from a Steller’s sea eagle is an important reminder of the successes Mainers have achieved to conserve our natural lands and waters.
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Maine Observer: Sweet memories of maple sugaring
Reminiscences of late winter and early spring days spent on my grandmother’s Waterboro farm are a treat, even many years later.
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Maine Voices: State funding is needed to ensure the safety of Maine children
To truly recognize April as Child Abuse Prevention Month, investing in abuse and neglect prevention alongside improvements to the intervention system is essential.
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The humble Farmer: The Great Dejunking, or trash versus treasure
The Almost Perfect Woman is a minimalist, but I can’t get anything done around the house without the odds and ends she calls ‘clutter.’
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Commentary: Compassion is the antidote to political stress
Let’s work toward a future where we might all live with our collective human dignity intact. It will be hard, but the alternative is dystopia.
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Commentary: We believe in innocent until proven guilty – unless a defense attorney is up for office
The attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson for representing indigent defendants are just the latest example of how the constitutionally required role is maligned.
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Maine Voices: Five possible solutions to Portland’s housing crisis
Encouraging multifamily and denser construction, creating building incentives and simplifying permitting are among the ways to make room for dwellings of all types and prices.
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Maine Voices: Stop saying small-business owners oppose Maine biometric privacy bill
It’s in the interest of Big Tech to defeat L.D. 1945, which would create guardrails on how companies can use our personal identifiers – our fingerprints, faces and voices.
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Commentary: Tucker Carlson is the last person qualified to assess Biden’s mental fitness
The cable host is a significant part of the reason Fox News has lost Chris Wallace, among the few credible journalists the network had.