THE SEARCH, NOW 30 years old, for Iranian “moderates” goes on. Amid the enthusiasm of the latest sighting, it’s worth remembering that the highlight of the Iran-contra arms-for-hostages debacle was the secret trip to Tehran taken by Robert McFarlane, President Reagan’s former national security adviser. He brought a key-shaped cake symbolizing the new relations he was opening with the “moderates.”
September 2013
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Legal hunting should not be unfair, inhumane
To some degree, I can accept legal hunting as a means for wildlife population control. But I cannot accept hunting as a sport for trophies. Nor can I accept unfair or inhumane hunting, no matter how long it’s been done.
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Posted inOpinion
DANA MILBANK: McCain vs Cruz:a question of character
JOHN MCCAIN SAID more in 10 minutes on the Senate floor than Ted Cruz did in 21 hours.
Posted inCommunity
Library welcomes writers Wednesday
BELGRADE — Local wordsmiths John Holt Willey and Gaylord Day Weston will read at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at Belgrade Public Library, 124 Depot Road.
Posted inOpinion
COMMENTARY: Delay means children dying needlessly
FIVE YEARS AFTER my son Cameron died when a car I was driving ran over him in our driveway, Congress passed a law, named after my boy, to ensure that such a tragedy would never happen again. But five more years have passed, and the safety fix that Congress ordered completed by 2011 has been needlessly delayed.
Posted inOpinion
M.D.HARMON: Fairness of Obamacare depends on how you butter your bread
I WAS USING THE butt of my roscoe to pound a nail in the wall when Shelia, my new secretary, said, “Gee, boss, what if that thing goes off? You could hurt somebody. Like me! And you said health insurance didn’t come with this job.”
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Does North Woods meet criteria for national park?
I was again interested to read (Sunday, Sept. 15) about Roxanne Quimby’s effort to establish a national park from her holdings of Elliotsville Plantation Inc.
Posted inOpinion
MAINE COMPASS: Report about lake protection effortsdidn’t reflect DEP reorganization
ONE OF MAINE’S most valuable natural resources is its 6,000 lakes and ponds, which are renowned for their beauty and water quality. Annually, these lakes are a $3.5 billion economic engine that sustain 52,000 jobs, generate substantial tax revenues for towns from shoreland properties, and provide drinking water for half of all Mainers.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Common Ground Fair left big carbon footprint
My perspective on the Common Ground Fair was that of a 4-mile long procession of barely creeping, idling vehicles, a procession that lasted most of the day. Talk about a carbon footprint!
