VIEW FROM AWAY: Some blue-collar jobs at risk for robot takeovers. Is yours?

Editorials

Published
August 17, 2013

VIEW FROM AWAY: Some blue-collar jobs at risk for robot takeovers. Is yours?

Imagine you're a young worker, pondering your job prospects in the economy of the future. Your grades weren't exactly stellar, and you realize a four-year college isn't for you. What kind of career should you look for?
Published
August 16, 2013

OUR OPINION: Sides agree about bonds, so why the wait?

Democrats and Republicans should be able to come to terms on a state infrastructure bond package that could go before the voters as soon as November: They agree on almost all of what should be in it.
Published
August 15, 2013

VIEW FROM AWAY: Plan gives judges more discretion in sentencing

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder wants to save money on prisons and make the federal justice system fairer -- and has proposed doing it by sidestepping Congress. His approach is far from ideal, but the goals are compelling enough to justify it.
Published
August 14, 2013

OUR OPINION: Taxpayers pay extra for ‘tax expenditures’

Given the economic pressures our state has faced over the last several years, it’s a surprise that state sales tax exemptions and economic development incentives haven’t faced more scrutiny.
Published
August 13, 2013

OUR OPINION: Subsidized crops make for poor food choices

Congress left Washington for its August recess without taking action on a farm bill that is set to expire next month. This failure offers an opportunity to take a long look at our policies on food and hunger.

Published
August 12, 2013

OUR OPINION: Transferring college credits should be easier

The link between a college education and success in adult life is much discussed and much documented.
Published
August 12, 2013

VIEW FROM AWAY: Gibraltar-Spain tension rears its ugly head

As if there were not enough going on around the Mediterranean already, Gibraltar has raised its head again. The latest round of cross-border tension appears to have started in a row last year over fishing rights, when Spanish fishermen were expelled from Gibraltar's waters for using large nets. Gibraltar's answer to Spanish dragnet fishing was to dump blocks of concrete into the sea to create an artificial reef.
Published
August 12, 2013

OUR OPINION: Agent Orange ruling good news for some Maine vets

Paul Bailey, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, is gravely ill. Until last week, he wondered how his wife would be able to stay in their New Hampshire home after he dies of cancer.
Published
August 12, 2013

VIEW FROM AWAY: Lifesaving HPV vaccination program lags

In Afghanistan, the Taliban has murdered United Nations health workers attempting to administer the polio vaccine in rural villages and has convinced villagers that the vaccine is a Western plot to infect Afghan children.
Published
August 9, 2013

VIEW FROM AWAY: It may not be much, but it’s a meal

A bologna sandwich. Celery sticks. Canned oranges and chocolate milk. It's hardly a feast, but don't tell that to the children for whom this meal makes all the difference.

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