Every year, polls show that a large number of Americans don’t know why we celebrate Memorial Day. According to People, a 2020 Onepoll survey found that fewer than half of the 2,000 people surveyed knew that the purpose of Memorial Day was not to honor those who served in the armed forces but to honor […]
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Sen. Eloise Vitelli: Growing ‘the workforce behind the workforce’ by expanding pre-K and child care
Child care providers have the incredible duty of supporting children during their most crucial developmental stages. I began my career as a pre-K teacher, and I know firsthand the joy and challenges that come from teaching — and corralling — a room full of 4- and 5-year-olds. More than that, child care providers are the […]
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Just a Little Old: Thanks, CNN, we needed that
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke Many people have suggested that it was outrageous for CNN to give Donald Trump a platform during the recent public forum in Manchester, New Hampshire. I strongly disagree. CNN did us a big favor by letting […]
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Gordon L. Weil: ‘No Labels’ party misleads voters
Voters seem to be worried about the leading presidential candidates. They worry about how far Donald Trump would go in departing from political norms. They worry simply about how far Joe Biden would go. Because both the former president and his successor appear highly likely to be the major party nominees, the election might not […]
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Peter Funt: Chatbots are speaking my language
In a much-anticipated chess match in February 1996, the world champion Garry Kasparov faced IBM’s Deep Blue, the most advanced chess-playing machine. Kasparov lost the first game but went on to win the match in Philadelphia, 4-2. It was humanity’s proudest moment in competition pitting man vs. machine. Fifteen months later in Manhattan, the two […]
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Letters to the editor: Abortion; town meeting
Mainer against late-term abortion I find it hard to believe that we have come to a time in our state when there is a bill in the Legislature to allow abortions at any time during a pregnancy. This to me is insanity. Saying that a baby is not an actual human being until after it […]
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The Maine Idea: Despite what you hear, guns do not equal freedom
Since the 1970s, I’ve written editorials about what was then called “gun control.” In recent years, I largely passed over the subject. Back then, it was unthinkable elementary school kids could be gunned down in a classroom, Bible classes and synagogues profaned, or that shopping malls, cinemas, restaurants and music festivals would see mass killing […]
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The Conversation: Trans joy and family bonds are big parts of the transgender experience lost in media coverage and anti-trans legislation
Since the beginning of 2023, 49 U.S. state legislatures have introduced over 500 anti-trans bills. While mainstream media increasingly cover violence and legislative attacks against trans people, many scholars and activists worry that focusing just on violence and discrimination fails to capture the full experience of being trans. Drawing on the success of movements like […]
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John L. Micek: Words of wisdom and a warning
My best friend was around to my house on a recent Saturday for a long-overdue reunion. Adult schedules and the demands of parenthood being what they are, it had taken U.N.-level negotiations to get our calendars to match. As we caught up, with a ballgame on in the background, it wasn’t long before our teenaged […]
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Michael Reagan: America’s biggest threat was not Jan. 6
What was the biggest threat to America in the last seven years? If you have swallowed the party line of the Democrats, it was the storming of the Capitol by dangerous Trump “insurrectionists” on Jan. 6, 2021. For more than two years, Democrats and their parrots in the liberal media touted 1/6 as the worst […]
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