SKOWHEGAN — Stacy and Stacey Clement of Skowhegan have announced the engagement of their daughter, Brooke Clement to Donald Cowles III, son of Don and Janan Cowles of Cornville.
February 2013
Posted inOpinion
KATHLEEN PARKER: Pray for four courageous Burmese women
When Burma’s Zin Mar Aung was placed in solitary confinement for trying to organize students in 1999, Bill Clinton was president of the United States.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Give men equal rights to decide not to be father
Since females still retain the “right” to kill their children, men should have an equal right not to be a father.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM AWAY: Tea party echoes NRA arguments
An immigration debate is raging and a budget crisis looms in Congress, but the conservative activists gathered outside the New Hampshire Capitol had just one thing on their minds: Guns.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Limits on assault weapons make sense
The Second Amendment was added to the Constitution so that the people could overthrow a government if it became oppressive.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
OUR OPINION: Judicial confirmations shouldn’t be this hard
We wonder what the 12 Maine lawyers assembled to review candidates to fill the next vacancy on the U.S. District Court will say to those candidates.
Posted inOpinion
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Republicans should call Obama’s sequester bluff
For the first time since Election Day, President Barack Obama is on the defensive. That’s because on March 1, automatic spending cuts (“sequestration”) go into effect — $1.2 trillion over 10 years, half from domestic (discretionary) programs, half from defense.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Permitting, licensing in the public interest
Sensible licensing regulations and background checks for gun owners and buyers would allow owners to have the weapons they want, and permit background checks and appropriate oversight of those who wish to buy guns.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
OUR OPINION: Passenger rail has a future in Maine, US
The riders on the nation’s first high-speed bullet train are likely to travel California’s central valley between Fresno and Bakersfield. It’s not because these two farming communities are experiencing a traffic problem, or that tourists are dying to visit the Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace Museum and Restaurant.
Posted inNews
State police chief: Israel impressive
Col. Robert Williams praises the sharing of intelligence, the swift response to terrorist acts and the sense of mission.