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Editorials

Published
June 28, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: US needs to take key steps to rein in student debt

Congress has only one week to prevent interest rates on new federal student loans from doubling to 6.8 percent.
Published
June 27, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Court’s ruling on immigration encouraging

"Immigration shapes the destiny of the Nation," wrote Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy in his majority opinion deciding the fate of Arizona's controversial immigration law.
Published
June 27, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Court undercuts Romney’s pledge for immigration

Mitt Romney once promised that on "day one" of his presidency, he'd drop the federal lawsuit seeking to overturn Arizona's go-it-alone immigration law.
Published
June 26, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Paterno could have been hero in Sandusky case

Who would have thought, a year ago, that the name Jerry Sandusky would be as well known, maybe even more widely known, than that of his boss and patron, Joe Paterno?
Published
June 25, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Middle class needs recovery more than love

The middle class is getting lots of love on the campaign trail these days.

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Published
June 25, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: ‘You’re Not Special’ was ice water in grads’ faces

By now, you've probably heard about the graduation speech offered by David McCullough, an English teacher at Wellesley High School outside Boston.
Published
June 25, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Surveillance drones have many possible uses

Americans are leery about the use of domestic drones as the Federal Aviation Administration takes on the task of developing plans to open U.S. skies to the domestic use of the unmanned aircraft by police, other agencies and individuals.
Published
June 24, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Japan needs to help solve tsunami debris problem

Millions of tons of debris that washed into the Pacific Ocean after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami last year are drifting ever closer to North America or turning up on its shores.
Published
June 24, 2012

OUR OPINION: As long as we need cars, we need to fix roads

Mainers love their cars and trucks but hate roads. At least they hate paying for them.
Published
June 23, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Middle class was collateral damage in collapse of housing market

Another week, another depressing economic statistic: American families earning the median household income had two decades' worth of prosperity wiped out between 2007 and 2010.