OUR OPINION: Mass. drivers better than Mainers? Not!

Editorials

Published
December 4, 2011

OUR OPINION: Mass. drivers better than Mainers? Not!

Boston is the birthplace of the American Revolution. Along with neighboring Cambridge, it is home to some of the nation's leading research universities and teaching hospitals. It's where the Red Sox play their home games.
Published
December 4, 2011

OUR OPINION: Charter schools implementation plan backwards

The Maine Legislature fought for years against the establishment of charter schools, a reform with a long track record in most other states.
Published
December 3, 2011

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: When faith is a barrier to care, federal funds not assured

The Roman Catholic Church and its affiliated nonprofit organizations have every right to hold true to its religious convictions while doing good works. But when a nonprofit organizations, religious or not, is carrying out the government's work with government money, it must to do so on the government's terms.
Published
December 2, 2011

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: The Cain mutiny

When Herman Cain told his staff Tuesday that he was doing a "reassessment" of his campaign after new accusations of adulterous behavior, many pundits saw it as the beginning of the end for the onetime GOP presidential front-runner.
Published
December 2, 2011

OUR OPINION: LePage should urge legalization of medical pot

The governors of Washington and Rhode Island are taking the lead in addressing a problem that also exists here in Maine. Gov. Paul LePage would do well to join the fight.

Published
December 2, 2011

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Facebook put on notice about users’ privacy

The day after news leaked about Facebook's plans for a blockbuster initial stock offering, the Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed consent order that would rein in the social network's freewheeling approach to its users' personal information.
Published
November 30, 2011

New take on medical practice just what docotor orders

There's nothing new about the way Yarmouth Dr. Phillip Frederick practices medicine. In fact, it sounds kind of old fashioned.
Published
November 28, 2011

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: What does Facebook do with data it mines?

Personal privacy and the Internet have been on a collision course since users first logged on in the 1990s.
Published
November 28, 2011

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Syria president ignores lessons of Arab Spring

Syria's President, Bashar Assad, ignored the lessons of the Arab Spring and, in fact, insisted in January that his country was immune to a popular uprising because he was in tune with the people. Today, the 46-year-old eye doctor who inherited power 11 years ago from his father is on the verge of being toppled -- by the very people he thought he knew.
Published
November 28, 2011

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: US birth rate dropping along with economy

Nothing puts a damper on prospects more than a down economy, and apparently that extends to the area of starting or expanding families.

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