VIEW FROM AWAY: Election gender gap largest in history

Editorials

Published
November 19, 2012

VIEW FROM AWAY: Election gender gap largest in history

Women have been voting in presidential elections since the 1920s, but rarely have their ballots been more decisive than the recent election.
Published
November 19, 2012

VIEW FROM AWAY: Post Office cutbacks lesser of two evils

Severely cutting the retail window hours of 13,000 of the least-used post offices is a way for the U.S. Postal Service to address its serious funding shortage. But many Americans no doubt see it as the lesser of two evils.
Published
November 19, 2012

VIEW FROM AWAY: It’s simple: Petraeus didn’t follow the rules

David Petraeus made an enormous contribution to his country. He helped rescue the war effort in Iraq. He led the troop surge in Afghanistan. He was accepted by Democrats and Republicans -- 94-0 -- when President Barack Obama nominated him to be chief of the Central Intelligence Agency. Now he is gone because of an affair with his biographer. It would be nice if someone in authority said straight out why he had to go.
Published
November 19, 2012

VIEW FROM AWAY: Another war in Gaza?

The immediate cause of the exploding conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip was a series of attacks by Palestinian militants, including a missile fired at a jeep carrying Israeli soldiers inside Israel, and a rain of rockets against Israeli towns -- more than 180 in the course of a few days.
Published
November 18, 2012

VIEW FROM AWAY: Mr. President, cut a deal before Grover Norquist wakes up

Is Grover Norquist really going to let John Boehner get away with this?

Published
November 18, 2012

OUR OPINION: LePage seems unlikely to alter his approach

Gov. Paul LePage has not said much since his party took a beating at the polls earlier this month, but from the few comments he has made we do not expect much change in his approach.
Published
November 18, 2012

VIEW FROM AWAY: More Romney contempt

On election night, a couple of hours before President Barack Obama was declared the victor, Bill O'Reilly offered his explanation for why Mitt Romney was about to lose.
Published
November 17, 2012

VIEW FROM AWAY: Re-elected Obama has no reason to block Keystone pipeline

Environmentalists who are against building the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Alberta, Canada, to the U.S. Gulf Coast have called a march on Washington this weekend to demand that President Barack Obama again reject it.
Published
November 16, 2012

VIEW FROM AWAY: Marijuana legalization no pipe dream

After his state became one of two where marijuana legalization was approved by voters last week, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper warned that "federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug, so don't break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly."
Published
November 16, 2012

OUR OPINION: GOP should call for Webster to step down now

House Republicans elected Ken Fredette to be their leader on Wednesday, after he promised to reach out to constituent groups such as women and young people whose votes put the Democrats back in power in Augusta.

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