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PublishedNovember 19, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: They’re going to eat horses, aren’t they?
Americans love their horses, both real and fictional. Not long ago, a book about a beloved Depression-era racehorse, Seabiscuit, became a bestseller and an Oscar nominee for best picture.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2011
OUR OPINION: Supercommittee another failure by disagreement
With his stint as President Obama's Middle East peace negotiator behind him, former Sen. George Mitchell now has time to chat with fellow Mainers about politics. He spoke in Portland the other day and his remarks produced this headline: "George Mitchell: Partisanship 'worse than it's ever been.'"
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PublishedNovember 17, 2011
OUR OPINION: Health care law to put court on hot seat in 2012
It might be the most eagerly anticipated decision in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. It is certain to be, as suggested in a Washington Post news story, the "most high-profile ruling since Bush vs. Gore in 2000."
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PublishedNovember 16, 2011
OUR OPINION: Gingrich on rise, but does he have staying power?
Can this be happening? Newt Gingrich? Roll this around on your tongue: Republican presidential nominee Newt Gingrich. Or this: President Newt Gingrich.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Sobering reports about treatment at Dover
It feels like a lifetime since this nation was at peace. But, as it has been for more than a decade, the United States remains at war.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2011
Candidates can’t control questions they’re asked
Mired in accusations of sexual harassment, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain told reporters, "(D)on't even bother me asking me all of these other questions that you all are curious about. Don't even bother."
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PublishedNovember 14, 2011
Communities, not politicians, take care of business
While the inhabitants of Washington, D.C., sit in the worst political gridlock the nation has seen in a lifetime, amazing things are happening all around the country -- without the blessing of those who get paid to do the public's bidding.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2011
The little people won battle of debit card fees
What's $5 a month to Bank of America? The money clearly meant more to the financial giant's debit-card holders, because they fought harder for it.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2011
OUR OPINION: Voters pass buck on gambling back to Legislature
Pundits, professors and assorted deep-thinkers have been pondering the results of last week's voting on ballot questions dealing with gambling proposals.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2011
OUR OPINION: ‘No dice’ vote on gambling likely won’t be last
It would be easy enough to write off the results of Tuesday's voting on ballot Questions 2 and 3 as the predictable product of negative campaigning and misleading claims by free-spending opponents of gambling in general and the specific projects in particular.
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