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PublishedFebruary 16, 2012
OUR OPINION: Online retailers need to collect state sales taxes
Local businesses have a hard time competing with online retailers, and not all of that competition is fair.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2012
ANOTHER VIEW: Another gone too soon
The story is familiar. Beautiful, talented sin-ger, actor, dancer, and on down the list, succumbs in a tragic likely accident that may have involved drug abuse.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2012
ANOTHER VIEW: Cyberattack danger at least equals terrorism
In a recent briefing to Congress about worldwide threats, FBI Director Robert Mueller said that the danger of cyberattacks -- attacks on the country's information systems -- will equal or surpass the danger of terrorism "in the foreseeable future."
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2012
OUR OPINION: Poliquin doesn’t get do-over for’dumb’ mistake
Attorney General William Schneider issued a letter last week that clearly spelled what state Treasurer Bruce Poliquin should not do if he wants to avoid violating the Maine Constitution.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Valentine’s Day, just another Western menace
Islamic and Hindu fundamentalists are fighting a losing rear-guard action against an insidious Western custom -- Valentine's Day.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Sugar bad for us, sure, but as bad as alcohol?
Nobody is overly sweet on sugar these days, but a bunch of scientists out West have taken concerns about Nature's sweetener to an extreme.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Congress still has long way to go to rebuild trust
Under the heading of doing the absolute minimum, Congress is on the verge of passing a law that would ban insider trading and force lawmakers to make more timely disclosures about their financial dealings.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Supreme Court justices seem nailed to the bench
The independent nature of the U.S. Supreme Court often has bedeviled presidents and members of Congress who would prefer to have more control over the lower-profile but co-equal branch of government.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2012
OUR OPINION: A deft touch could cement a LePage legacy
Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed overhaul of education in Maine must be a good idea. We know that because the state’s teachers’ union hates it — and the Maine Education Association more often than not hates anything that promises improvements in the way our children are educated. The teachers’ union is interested primarily in maintaining its […]
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Outlawing legal activity, such as smoking, isn’t much of a deterrent
Add more ammunition to the arsenal of anti-smoking efforts with the latest report on secondhand smoke from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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