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PublishedSeptember 14, 2012
Interesting news about Condoleezza Rice
A couple of recent news items just beg to be addressed. They both refer to Condoleezza Rice. First of all, that golfer’s club in Augusta, Ga., used to restrict its membership to men. It recently had a change of heart and allowed two women to become members, one of whom was Rice. Secondly, she was […]
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2012
Little evidence Iranian leadership is suicidal
Charles Krauthammer (“‘Deterrence works’ is a fantasy in context of Israel-Iran conflict,” Sept. 9), can be counted on to convey the Israeli hard line on Iran, complete with highly dubious rationales. He relies on conjuring up the Iranian leadership as the “mad mullahs” bent on nuking Israel, which he describes as a “one-bomb” country open […]
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2012
Marriage equality won’t make rivers run uphill
A recent letter to the editor tells us that same-sex marriage would destroy society. Let’s think about this. Same-sex couples already live together throughout Maine. They are our neighbors, our family members, our doctors, our lawyers, our carpenters and our friends. Same-sex couples are together because two people fell in love and decided to make […]
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2012
Obama good at speeches, not so much at leading
President Barack Obama is traveling about the country making speeches that sound like those he made four years ago. He is very good at making speeches, His writers are excellent. Re-electing him for four more years in the White House, however, would be like re-electing Gov. Paul LePage for another term. Ezra Smith Winthrop
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2012
Virtual schools would be free of local oversight
Colin Woodard’s extensive piece of investigative reporting (article, Sept. 2) reveals a significant threat to local control of our public schools and to public education itself. If the proposed virtual schools are permitted, control of educational content and teacher qualifications will pass to for-profit corporations. These commercial operations would prepare digital lessons to be delivered […]
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2012
Forward with Obama or back to Bush/Cheney era
We are seeing a repeat of the 2000 campaign, with untrue statements and ads by Republican tea party extremists. The Bush/Cheney administration took us into a deep recession with deregulation of banks and corporations, the housing crisis, a $700 billion giveaway to pharmaceuticals, huge tax cuts for the wealthiest, invasion of Iraq for Halliburton and […]
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2012
Trans-Pacific Partnership is NAFTA on steroids
I looked into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (article, Sept. 5) and see a real monster. Launched by the previous administration with the help of 600 mega-companies, planning for this NAFTA-on-steroids pact has been surrounded by secrecy from both the public and Congress. Even Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the chairman of the congressional committee with oversight of […]
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2012
Choice clear between Republicans, Democrats
Incredibly, we continue to hear about undecided voters. Voters have the clearest choice in memory. The Republican and Democratic parties have less in common than ever and sharply divided opinions about how best to govern. The Republicans advocate George Bush’s economic policies, Dick Cheney’s foreign policy and Rick Santorum’s social views. The GOP wants to […]
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2012
Power of those at the top depends on our inaction
After World War II, the American economy thrived for 30 years. Prosperity was shared at all levels of income, with each segment seeing a doubling of income between 1949 and 1979. Top tax rates for the rich of 91 percent under Dwight Eisenhower and 70 percent under Richard Nixon did not slow this economy. During […]
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2012
Banda has impressive background for law
After meeting Darrick Banda and hearing him speak, I came out feeling this young, intelligent man running for district attorney has an impressive background for law. He graduated from the University of Maine, summa cum laude, and the UMaine School of Law. While in the Army ROTC, he served as a summer intern to the […]
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