This newspaper has dropped Herb and Jamaal, one of two comics featuring non-white characters, in the name of delivering “fresh content” and meeting the “preferences of (their) daily audiences.” Herb and Jamaal was replaced by three comics, each of which has been in syndication since at least 1985 and each of which features nearly all-white […]
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Anti-genocide does not mean antisemitic | Letter
People who oppose Israel’s extreme brutality should not be branded with that label.
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Reporting on Maine’s financial accountability requires real accounting | Letter
Jim Fossel’s April 20 column, “It’s not just about Maine state spending, it’s about accountability,” uses absolute dollars as the basis for his claims, thus distorting the facts on the state budget. He states that under Gov. Paul LePage, from 2010 to 2018, the budget “barely nudged upward” from $8 billion to $8.1 billion. During […]
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Maine is sending a disturbing message to its female athletes | Letter
In April 2024, NHS England released the Cass Review, a comprehensive report that recommended a return to the more cautious, historically grounded “watchful waiting” approach. The report prompted the British health system — and several other countries — to begin revising their policies. Recently, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled (5–0) that sex-based spaces are not […]
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Don’t forget that climate change threats still exist | Letter
April is Earth Month, and while I know there’s a lot going on, I’m asking Mainers to remember that climate change remains a critical threat, one we can’t ignore. Unfortunately, even if we want to address climate change, President Trump isn’t making it easy. Among the many other actions his administration has taken, the revamped […]
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Support Laurel Libby and support Maine’s girls | Letter
Imagine being an athletically talented, elementary-aged girl, who, along with her parent,s is deciding whether to compete in sports. Now she knows that she will likely never win any statewide competitions by the time she’s in high school and college because biological boys, taller and stronger, will be competing against her and changing with her […]
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The SAVE Act was poorly named | Letter
Election results at all levels of our large, complicated government have traditionally been so safe and secure that their reliability need not be questioned — until recently, when seeds of doubt have been planted, fabricated and reiterated, carefully designed to erode trust, cause dissension and evoke a public outcry not easily assuaged by repeated ballot […]
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Private equity not the answer for cash-strapped Maine hospitals | Letter
Quality of care would suffer and shutdown risks would not be eliminated.
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Maine’s transgender athletes should not be a federal concern | Letter
It is ludicrous to think that a quick peek between a newborn’s legs at birth should determine its life trajectory. It is likewise ludicrous to think that our current president gives a whit about girls’ sports in Maine any more than he cares about our inmates. I do believe that he would pick a fight […]
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Keep an open mind on gender, on science | Letter
Everyone these days seems to be invoking “science,” as if science were black and white and settled. Scientists acknowledge that what we know is always changing as new data comes in. That’s why we call science “empirical,” because it depends on what we observe and whether those observations can be replicated and whether different observers […]