The surest way to destroy a country’s economy is for the government to control and confiscate the fruits of individual labor.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Fisheries & Wildlife tackles vital tasks with grossly insufficient funds
Sixty percent of all department revenue goes to law enforcement.
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Children with dyslexia best helped early
Bill before Legislature would change how our schools deal with impairment.
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With LePage tax plan, what goes around, comes around
The governor’s budget will force members of both parties to reckon with prior votes.
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Is Obama’s exit from Iraq or Bush’s entry the origin of ISIS problem?
The perversion of religion has been used to justify massacres and terrorist acts throughout history.
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Fat shaming is wrong, but something’s also wrong with our current lifestyles
Do remember when we had to get up to change the channel on the television and to answer the telephone?
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Portland spending shows need for reform
Scarce housing and high demand for services can’t explain the cost of the city’s program, the DHHS chief says.
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Minor spark could touch off any of several brewing regional wars
Increasingly militaristic actions by the Islamic State in Mideast, Putin in Ukraine and China in South China Sea are joined by Iranian progress toward building nuclear bombs.
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New pill brings back a familiar feeling
Going back on chemotherapy drug makes me remember I have cancer.
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Spring is just around the corner — really
Only positive thinking can get us through the rest of winter.