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Editorials

Published
March 20, 2013

Limited window to halt spread of new superbug

Federal health officials warned recently that the nation's hospitals and nursing homes are increasingly at risk from deadly new strains of drug-resistant bacteria that can't be treated with even the strongest antibiotics.
Published
March 19, 2013

Background check gun bill falters in Senate

Ask police chiefs -- we asked ours -- about the need for background checks on gun buyers. They will tell you universal background checks would reduce the number of guns ending up in the wrong hands.
Published
March 18, 2013

China takes climate change initiative

Finally, a nation that is contributing heavily to climate change is taking a major step to reduce its emissions. Unfortunately, this global leadership is not coming from the United States. It's coming from China.
Published
March 18, 2013

Status of women doesn’t look so good

Some horrific events over the past few months, including the shooting of a Pakistani schoolgirl and the rape and murder of a young Indian physiotherapy student, should have been an alert for the world to unite in preventing violence against women.
Published
March 18, 2013

Border security: a matter of life and death

The apprehension of a Nepalese man who tried to cross our southern border illegally last November near McAllen, Texas, makes the very unsettling point that border security could be a life-and-death matter for our citizens.

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Published
March 17, 2013

Declining population reason for us to work together as one Maine

We all should be concerned about the recent census report that said Maine's population is not growing. In fact, Maine is one of only two states with more deaths than births, the other being West Virginia.
Published
March 17, 2013

Legislature should improve state’s Clean Election law

These are dark days for people concerned about the influence of money in politics.
Published
March 16, 2013

VIEW FROM AWAY: Reopen White House doors

The decision to drop White House tours always had a whiff of what's known as Washington Monument syndrome.
Published
March 16, 2013

VIEW FROM AWAY: Democrats weigh in with own partisan budget to counter GOP’s

Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., has now weighed in with a budget plan to counter the House Republican tax-and-spending blueprint.
Published
March 15, 2013

VIEW FROM AWAY: Pope Francis brings hope for a human touch

A humble man who took the bus, cooked his own meals and eschewed church mansions for a simple room in Buenos Aires has ascended the Catholic hierarchy to become Pope Francis.