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Editorials

Published
June 3, 2012

OUR OPINION: ‘Not LePage’ not enough

People like to bury political parties. It was only four years ago, after losing the Congress and the White House, people said the Republicans had lost touch with the country, were on the wrong side of demographic trends and were destined to go the way of the Whigs.
Published
May 31, 2012

OUR OPINION: Voters should decide on proven job creator bond

No issue is more important to Maine people than jobs and our state's sluggish recovery from the national recession.
Published
May 31, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Don’t let polio, nearly gone, come back to life

Nothing demonstrates human interconnectedness like the spread of infectious disease.
Published
May 30, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Court can ease fallout from Citizens United

"While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this court would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate money in politics."
Published
May 29, 2012

OUR OPINION: Exoneration too late to save McCormick

The not-guilty verdict is in but the execution is already over.

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Published
May 28, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: In spite of shortcoming, home HIV test a good deal

Here are three sobering statistics about health, life and death to contemplate.
Published
May 28, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Phew! Mayans didn’t expect world’s end this year

It's scientifically safe to make plans for 2013. The world will not end on Dec. 21 or the default date of Dec. 23, according to a newly discovered Mayan calendar.
Published
May 28, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: 50,000 dead in bloody war south of the border

It's amazing what a difference an artificial border, a line on a map, can make.
Published
May 27, 2012

OUR OPINION: Super PACs should cast light on donors’ names

There was a time in America when someone could give a bag of cash to a congressman and call it a campaign contribution without any limits or record of the transaction.
Published
May 25, 2012

OUR OPINION: Argument vs. safety goggles a leaky one

It’s important to remember why parents support their kids in their athletic endeavors: We want them to have fun with sports, as well as learn lessons about physical fitness, the value of teamwork and the rewards of sacrifice. We want them to learn about how to handle winning and losing when nothing really important is at stake.