In his July 7 column, Charles Krauthammer criticizes the U.S. decision to use less coal, which harms the climate. He grudgingly concedes, at least for purposes of argument, that human activity is significantly damaging the climate, something 97 percent of the members of the National Academy of Sciences recognize.
July 2013
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Numbers don’t add up for Maine’s working poor
Rep. Matt Pouliot, R-Augusta, age 26 and others of his ilk (young whippersnappers) are either callously unconcerned or willfully ignorant about living conditions of the working poor in Maine.
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Posted inOpinion
COMMENTARY: Young women killing themselves by tanning
Despite the hoopla over dysfunction in Washington, the government still can do useful things. To prove it, the Food and Drug Administration should move aggressively to implement and then strengthen its proposed cancer warnings about tanning beds.
Posted inOpinion
M.D. HARMON: True Luddites are those who oppose pipelines just because
A recent letter to the editor described me as a Luddite, and of all the things I get called by liberals (fondly, I’m certain), that one left me bemused.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM AWAY: The border isn’t the problem
Now that the Senate has passed a sweeping bipartisan bill to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, it’s the House’s turn to act. But as expected, Republicans in that chamber are once again insisting that the border between the U.S. and Mexico be sealed as a prerequisite to approving broader reforms.
Posted inNation & World, News
Grief in Quebec as four more bodies discovered
Meanwhile, investigators look into which brakes were set before the locomotive and 72 tankers began rolling down a slope for seven miles.
Posted inSports
AMERICAN LEGION ROUNDUP: LeHay, Madison move into 2nd place
WATERVILLE — Madison rallied from three runs down early to take a 6-4 victory over Post 51 in American Legion Zone 2 Baseball action Friday evening at Colby College.
Posted inBusiness, News
Sweet nostalgia! Twinkies return to Maine, elsewhere
The iconic snack of the baby-boom generation arrives gradually in Maine stores, seven months after they disappeared.
Posted inCommunity
SNAPSHOT: Chelsea Senior Citizens
Members of the Chelsea Senior Citizens laugh Monday while comparing their blood pressure during a weekly meeting of the group on the Windsor Road.