March 2013 – Page 104 – Centralmaine.com

UMF EVENTS

by Morning Sentinel Staff March 16, 2013

FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington recently announced the following events free and open to the public, unless otherwise stated.

Community

UMF spring theater production planned

by Morning Sentinel Staff March 16, 2013

FARMINGTON — University of Maine at Farmington student actors challenge themselves and their audience with UMF’s spring production of Jane Martin’s award-winning play “Keely and Du.” Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. today and at 2 p.m. Sunday in the UMF Alumni Theater.

Opinion

M.D. HARMON: Officials find it easier to meddle in minor issues than big ones

by M.D. Harmon March 16, 2013

Puritanism was (somewhat unfairly) described many decades ago by H.L. Mencken, the cynical “sage of Baltimore,” as “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”

Editorials, Opinion

VIEW FROM AWAY: Democrats weigh in with own partisan budget to counter GOP’s

by The Washington Post March 16, 2013

Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., has now weighed in with a budget plan to counter the House Republican tax-and-spending blueprint.

Editorials, Opinion

VIEW FROM AWAY: Reopen White House doors

by The Washington Post March 16, 2013

The decision to drop White House tours always had a whiff of what’s known as Washington Monument syndrome.

Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Respect for life ultimate gun control

by Letter to the Editor March 16, 2013

I have hesitated to weigh in on the gun control issue, not because I am afraid to express my thoughts, but because I wanted to see what my thoughts really are.

Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Appetite for horse meat is all in the name

by Letter to the Editor March 16, 2013

On reading J.P. Devine’s column about eating pony, I remembered back to grad school days in Tucson, Ariz., in the 1960s, when horse meat was available at the local supermarket.