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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first. One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish. Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points. We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are. Anelise Feldman Freshman, Yarmouth High School Yarmouth
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Capitalism: The Cause Of, and Solution To, All of Life's Problems
amysiskind.com Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · Apr 14
BREAKING:
U.S. businesses sue to block Trump tariffs, say trade deficits are not an emergency.
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April 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Me before the Super Bowl: OK, only a couple of drinks tonight and no weird political comments

Me 30 minutes into the Super Bowl, three drinks deep: OK, hear me out. The Eagles have one of the only Democrat owners in football, and if the Chiefs can’t stop the tush push, neither can the capitol
February 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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I wrote about the end of irony-shielding and shared a few stories from my 2024 that might be considered heartening: bad-faith-times.ghost.io/caring-not-d...
Caring, Not Dooming, In 2025
It's never going to be cool to care. That's OK.
bad-faith-times.ghost.io
December 24, 2024 at 4:26 PM