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PublishedAugust 8, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Asian carp just 6 miles from Lake Michigan
For those still doubting that the monstrous Asian carp is a serious threat to the Great Lakes, consider this recent news: Tests have found seven different instances of Asian carp DNA beyond the electric barriers meant to keep the fish out of Lake Michigan.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: African famine victims need our help
It is tempting to look at the stories of famine from the Horn of Africa -- a region experiencing its worst drought in 60 years -- and think nothing can be done.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Squelching scientific inquiry isn’t the answer
People tend to respect and believe in science -- until it tells them something they don't want to hear.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2011
OUR OPINION: Stock market ‘crash’ a reaction to DC rancor
If last week's debt-ceiling/deficit-reduction agreement staved off financial disaster -- and the Washington politicians assured us that it would -- then what are we supposed to call the economic earthquake that rocked Wall Street two days after the president signed the legislation?
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PublishedAugust 5, 2011
OUR OPINION: Trahan should stop straddling SAM-Senate fence
State Sen. David Trahan announced this week that he was going to do the right thing, but he was not going to do it right away.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2011
OUR OPINION: Secretary of state shouldn’t stoop to spreading rumors
Maine Secretary of State Charlie Summers oversees the state's elections, and elections are something that he knows a lot about. Summers is a former state senator and has made three unsuccessful runs for Congress.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2011
OUR OPINION: Smart to kill bypass to address other needs
We like to applaud when people do the right thing, or, just as importantly, when they avoid doing the wrong thing.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: First lady eats a hamburger, fries and the world ends
Someday, right-wing ideologues are going to choke on their hatred of Michelle Obama.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2011
OUR OPINION: Debt-deficit drama a disgrace, a gratuitous crisis
The House and Senate reluctantly passed it. President Barack Obama reluctantly signed it. Tea party cheerleaders on talk radio and cable TV took a victory lap, but they didn't really like it.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2011
OUR OPINION: Innocuous name hides ‘bath salts’ danger
The Legislature did the right thing this year when it made Maine one of the first states in the nation to outlaw the drug marketed as "bath salts."
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