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PublishedJuly 18, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Pentagon should buy U.S.-made products
Millions of U.S. manufacturing jobs have been sent overseas by corporations eager to utilize low-paid foreign workers. To resist this betrayal, Rep. Nick J. Rahall, D-W.Va., helped form the bipartisan Buy American Caucus in Congress to require the federal government to purchase American-made products as much as possible.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Canada ends combat role in Afghanistan
In the wake of the deaths of 157 brave Canadian soldiers and the wounding of hundreds more, the U.S. Army officially took over Canada's battle space in Kandahar.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2011
OUR OPINION: Obama, Congress need to stop political games
Tick, tick, tick. Is time running out, or is the Washington political establishment scamming us one more time?
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PublishedJuly 17, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Joblessness, not deficit, is our national crisis
There's no sugarcoating it: The recent employment report was a disaster, with just 18,000 net jobs created in June. And there's no reason to think the coming months will be any better.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Humane conditions for layers
For years, the Humane Society of the United States and United Egg Producers have been adversaries over the treatment of the 280 million egg-laying hens in the United States.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE:Giving online pirates something to think about
After months of negotiations, movie studios, record labels and five top U.S. Internet service providers have come up with a framework for combating online piracy.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2011
OUR OPINION: Dealers can charge extra for larger lobsters
New laws in three states that slightly increase the legal size of lobsters there are creating a headache for some Maine dealers, but a little thought might help resolve the problem.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2011
OUR OPINION: What is summer for unless to get ready for winter?
Here we are, just at the halfway point between Memorial Day and Labor Day. That means that summer is just at its peak, with mostly sunny skies and mostly warm weather settling in as the default setting for the weather report.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2011
OUR OPINION: How much pot is too much when driving?
Recent court cases involving deaths allegedly caused by people driving under the influence of marijuana have led to a heightened awareness about the issue, which some sources have linked to the increasing acceptance of medical marijuana.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2011
OUR OPINION: Warden’s land buy void, but how did it occur?
Sometimes government officials get involved in “the appearance of a conflict of interest,” where a deal that would be normal for others without their level of influence raises suspicion in their case that something might not be on the up-and-up.
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