VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: SpaceX delivers flawless space mission

Editorials

Published
June 8, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: SpaceX delivers flawless space mission

The latest mission of an American spacecraft to the International Space Station was one of those marvels of balletic NASA precision. Except it wasn't a NASA spacecraft that splashed back to Earth on Thursday. It was the Dragon, built by a private company called SpaceX.
Published
June 8, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Truth aboutTiananmen emerging slowly

The official position of China's rulers is that the Tiananmen Square massacre of June 3-4, 1989, is not open for discussion: A student-led "counter-revolutionary rebellion" was put down by security forces. Case closed.
Published
June 7, 2012

OUR OPINION: Wis. vote shows growing influence of corporate funds

Only time will tell whether Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's solid victory in Tuesday's recall election will resonate nationally as other voters go to the polls in November.
Published
June 6, 2012

OUR OPINION: Turnpike users best ones to pay for widening

After a regime change, it's always tempting to blame all the new administration's troubles on the last one.
Published
June 5, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Wind power tax subsidy shouldn’t be on ‘to-do list’

President Barack Obama recently visited a factory in Newton, Iowa, that builds wind-turbine blades, contrasting the industry of the past -- Maytag left the town in 2007 -- with a vision of a future with middle-class green manufacturing jobs. Who could be against that?

Published
June 5, 2012

OUR OPINION: LePage, Pingree agree (gasp!) about online sales tax

Gov. Paul LePage, a Republican, and 1st District U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Democrat, don't find themselves on the same side of many issues, so we should pay attention when they line up together.
Published
June 5, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Edwards may be a snake, but that doesn’t mean he broke the law

If jurors had been asked to decide whether John Edwards was a cheating lowlife, it would have taken them 10 minutes. He fathered a child with a former campaign worker while his wife was terminally ill, then lied about it long and loud while campaigning for president of the United States. OK, five minutes.
Published
June 4, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: A universe of sound awaits preservation

The classic, justly admired Simon and Garfunkel album, "Bridge Over Troubled Water," has sold 25 million copies around the world since its release in 1970. But when a newly re-mastered edition came out last year, Roy Halee, one of the disc's producers, made a startling admission -- because the master tapes for the disc were in such terrible condition, the engineers doing the sonic spit-and-polish might have been better off finding a pristine vinyl copy for their work.
Published
June 4, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Election officials stay on top of voter fraud

When a report showed that thousands of registered voters in Florida were, in fact, dead, it played directly into the suspicions that some have about the prevalence of voter fraud.
Published
June 4, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: U.S. education system should try competition

America has tried everything to improve its educational system, and has failed. Everything.

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