Brian Garrison lives in South Portland. Images from Gaza are not distant. They are immediate and relentless — families pulled from rubble, children carried through dust and smoke, entire neighborhoods reduced to ruin. As a Mainer, I have always believed our values — fairness, restraint and the protection of the vulnerable — do not end at our borders. But recently, our political response has made it harder — not easier — to live up to them. Maine’s leaders should not fear honest debate about Gaza. At a moment of profound human suffering, we owe ourselves — and those affected —...