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Editorials

Published
May 12, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Mental health treatment delays hurt our military veterans

If a military veteran went to the hospital with an obvious wound, it's natural to expect that treatment would commence without delay.
Published
May 11, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: New bomb plot shows al-Qaida still a threat

The recovery of a sophisticated bomb that U.S. officials believe was intended to be used in a suicide attack against the United States has underlined the reality that the war against al-Qaida is not yet over -- and that it will not necessarily end, as President Obama suggested last week, in Afghanistan.
Published
May 10, 2012

OUR OPINION: Obama: Separate is not equal when topic is marriage

Barack Obama's evolution reached its conclusion on Wednesday, when the 44th president of the United States said he supports same-sex marriage.
Published
May 9, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: The secret life of your cellphone

Concerned that mobile phone networks are becoming surveillance tools, the American Civil Liberties Union recently asked hundreds of local law enforcement agencies whether they've tracked people's movements through their cellphones.
Published
May 8, 2012

OUR OPINION: Convention chaos aside, GOP didn’t achieve very much

We don't usually get much news out of state political conventions because, usually, not much happens.

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Published
May 7, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Kent State shooting probe would open old wounds

The United States Justice Department has opted not to reopen the 1970 Kent State shooting investigation. Four-plus decades have come and gone, so we agree with that decision.
Published
May 7, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Farm work needs to be safer for all ages

Youngsters have pitched in on farms for generations. The age-old tradition is nothing new.
Published
May 7, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Rigid ideology must not stop progress

Few political observers have compared the 42nd president of the United States with the 36th.
Published
May 6, 2012

OUR OPINION: Lawmakers should ignore threatened veto

A state that prides itself on being open for business ought to know what business it is in.
Published
May 6, 2012

OUR OPINION: Ombudsman will help uncover public records

Maine's Freedom of Access Law makes it very clear that public meetings and public records should be just that -- public. Yet Mainers run into problems when they are trying to get records that the law says they have a right to see.