Substance use is a public health issue that affects people of all races, genders, ages, education and socioeconomic statuses. Beyond the general population, this disease has implications for families as it destabilizes our communities’ family units and, left untreated, puts future generations at risk through genetic and environmental transmission. For the individual, education and professional […]
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Letter to the editor: Consent and bodily autonomy are holy
On behalf of the Maine Unitarian Universalist State Advocacy Network, which links more than 2,300 members in 26 churches across Maine in faith-based advocacy, I am writing in support of L.D. 1619, An Act to Improve Maine’s Reproductive Privacy Laws. Our Unitarian Universalist faith affirms that all of our bodies are sacred and that we […]
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Letter to the editor: Voters should make themselves heard on assault weapons
Most of the people we’ve elected to represent us in Washington have made it clear that they’re not about to speak up on the issue.
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Letter to the editor: Stronger Maine child care system will buoy families, businesses
I strongly support and appreciate the Press Herald editorial board’s recent Sunday editorial “Troubling child welfare report should light a fire under Maine” (Our View, April 30). The Maine Children’s Alliance 2023 Maine Kids Count Data Book that the editorial refers to not only lays out the challenges facing Maine, but also lists many policy […]
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Letter to the editor: Grateful to MMC staff for exceptional cardiac care
Many thanks to the doctors, nurses, technicians and supreme professionals at Portland’s Maine Medical Center. They are the best. When our hearts go on the “blink,” it’s wonderful to know that these health care professionals are there to catch us, especially when we are caught unaware in our daily routine. Talking mainly about the cardiac […]
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Letter to the editor: Considering the extremes of Maine’s abortion bill
According to the Jan. 29 Our View, the Portland Press Herald editorial board believes the plan (L.D. 1619) to expand abortion access “is not ‘extreme.’ ” Most Americans don’t agree. They are against second- and third-trimester abortions. Even pro-choice Americans oppose late-term abortions. First, the vast majority of over 1,000 Mainers who testified about this […]
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Letter to the editor: AI aggravates already-high risk of full-scale nuclear war
This spring, the Future of Life Institute called for an indefinite moratorium on future development of artificial intelligence because it is evolving too quickly for human beings to understand or control. As our nuclear weapons systems become more and more computer- and AI-dependent, the risk of accidental nuclear war will increase. In fact, the Union […]
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Letter to the editor: Concern about fraud in paid family leave is misplaced
Someone who needs paid time off to deal with a serious diagnosis or to be treated for an illness is not ‘irresponsible,’ whatever the author of a recent letter may think.
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Letter to the editor: Show me a ‘common-sense’ gun law for the lawless
The murders and other crimes that police say were perpetrated by Joseph Eaton recently have renewed calls for more laws related to firearms in all their iterations. The weak link in such laws is the lack of voluntarily abiding by such laws, or any others for that matter. Clearly Eaton did not care to abide […]
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Letter to the editor: Brunswick baristas’ action amounts to distraction
The recent strike against Little Dog Coffee Shop in Brunswick is indicative of so much that’s wrong with this country at the moment. These employees don’t understand the history of labor unions and are making a mockery of the concept. This isn’t the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. It’s not a sweatshop or a dangerous workplace environment. […]