A central Maine state representative wants the Legislature to take up the issue of slaughterhouses that butcher horses for human consumption.
December 2011
Posted inNews
Seth Wescott’s team sponsors athletic dreams
Seth Wescott knows what it’s like to depend on someone else. He remembers how difficult it was to get started in a sport, snowboarding, that wasn’t considered traditional, even on the mountain.
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HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY: McClintock finishes 15th at nationals
Two Maine high school seniors made the most of their appearances in the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships on Saturday in San Diego.
Posted inOpinion
DANA MILBANK: Romney paints Gingrich with his own Newtonian Nastiness brush
The campaign of Mitt Romney, the Rip van Winkle of presidential politics, finally awakened last week with a savage counterattack against Newt Gingrich, the man who against all odds is threatening to wrest the Republican nomination from the former Massachusetts governor.
Posted inSports
NFL: Old friends Belichick, Shanahan face off
LANDOVER, Md. — As he recharged his batteries during his year off after getting fired by the Denver Broncos, Mike Shanahan made the rounds to watch a few NFL training camp practices, seeing what he could pick up as he waited for his next job.
Posted inOpinion
JOHN FRARY: Issue about issues has spilled over from 2008 campaign to this
Not long ago I had a column in which I made light of the “issues” issue, arguing, in effect, that, in American politics, issues are determined by the candidates’ pollsters, not their issues advisers.
Posted inOpinion
COMMENTARY: Rowling doesn’t leave enough to fans’ imaginations
For someone so famous for inspiring the imaginations of her readers, J.K. Rowling now seems determined to cut them off at the pass.
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JONATHAN RISKIND: Snowe explains ‘present’ vote
The for-profit college company chaired by her husband, former GOP Maine Gov. John McKernan, was a political flashpoint last week for Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
OUR OPINION: If parents keep forgoing vaccines, state should step in to protect the rest
We’re in the midst of a national trend that is making people sick, and Maine is along for the ride.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Gross inequity of salary increases over 20 years
William J. McDonough, a former chief executive officer of one of Chicago’s largest banks, recently gave some astounding figures about executive compensation. In 1980, he says, the average large company’s CEO made 40 times more than the average worker in his or her firm. By 2000, the multiple had risen to at least 400 times. […]