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Editorials
  • Published
    October 1, 2013

    OUR OPINION: LePage emails show education loses to tax cuts

    There is no question that education reform has been a top priority for the LePage administration since the governor took office in 2011. There has been considerable debate, however, about Gov. Paul LePage’s goals and intentions.

  • Published
    October 1, 2013

    War’s ugliest side displayed in Pakistan

    Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman got it right: War is hell.

  • Published
    September 30, 2013

    VIEW FROM AWAY: War’s ugliest side displayed in Pakistan

    Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman got it right: War is hell. There’s not much gallant or noble about it. It’s blood and body parts and wailing.

  • Published
    September 30, 2013

    VIEW FROM AWAY: Reform needed for lethal border policies

    If you value human life, demand a change in our border policies.

  • Published
    September 30, 2013

    VIEW FROM AWAY: Lawmakers just not listening to budget office

    Every year around this time, the Congressional Budget Office issues a report about just how grim the nation’s long-term financial health is. A few lawmakers wring their hands and say they will get serious about fixing the problem, but then they don’t. We, as a nation, rush toward a debt-induced disaster if no one heeds the warning.

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  • Published
    September 29, 2013

    OUR OPINION: King speech tells what’s right in Obamacare

    So, what is this thing called Obamacare? That was the question posed by Maine Sen. Angus King in a floor speech in Washington last week that followed a 21-hour oration by Texan Ted Cruz. In about 21 minutes, King answered his own question, dispelling five years of smokescreen and horror stories that Cruz and the anti-Obamacare forces have been churning up to derail a much-needed reform to a broken part of our social fabric.

  • Published
    September 27, 2013

    OUR OPINION: Oversight of Maine lakes shouldn’t falter

    Last September, high phosphorous levels led to a sudden algae bloom in Lake Auburn that killed about 200 trout. It is likely that heavy rainfall and erosion washed the phosphorous into the lake, where higher-than-usual temperatures spurred the growth of the plant, which pulls oxygen from the water as it decays, suffocating the fish.

  • Published
    September 26, 2013

    FOOD STAMPPROGRAM CHANGES

    Families who receive food stamps will see a reduction in benefits after the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program was cut by about 7 percent beginning in November. The figures below show how the monthly benefit will change for families who qualify for the maximum allotment, based on income.

  • Published
    September 26, 2013

    OUR OPINION: Food stamp cuts will be harmful to many workers

    Stimulus funding for the federal food stamps program expires Nov. 1, cutting benefits by about 7 percent.

  • Published
    September 25, 2013

    OUR OPINION: New approach needed to reduce domestic violence

    In 2006, Maine police recorded 5,459 domestic assaults. Seven of the 22 homicides that year were the result of domestic violence.