1 yellow ribbon serves as well as dozens

Editorials

Published
August 19, 2011

1 yellow ribbon serves as well as dozens

It might all go back to a 1973 hit by Tony Orlando and Dawn, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree," though historians say yellow ribbons, handkerchiefs and scarves have long been symbols of awaiting a loved one's return.
Published
August 19, 2011

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Don’t eat that lunch

For anyone who remembers the aroma of a grade-school classroom on a hot day, this will come as no surprise: Fawaz Almansour, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Texas-Austin, reports that more than 90 percent of the lunches carried by preschoolers had reached unsafe temperatures long before lunchtime.
Published
August 19, 2011

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Social lubricant might foster spirit of compromise

It is perhaps overstating the situation to say that Congress is not suffering so much from a lack of bipartisanship but a lack of alcohol, a social lubricant of proven efficacy.
Published
August 18, 2011

OUR OPINION: Those in charge of state land sales should know law

Maine lawmakers trying to get answers this week about how a top state employee was able to negotiate the purchase of valuable state property found the effort essentially fruitless.
Published
August 18, 2011

OUR OPINION: 1 yellow ribbon serves as well as dozens

It might all go back to a 1973 hit by Tony Orlando and Dawn, “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree,” though historians say yellow ribbons, handkerchiefs and scarves have long been symbols of awaiting a loved one’s return.

Published
August 17, 2011

OUR OPINION: Redistricting map doesn’t have to be radically different

We have seen the Republican plan to redraw Maine's two congressional districts, and we have seen the Democratic plan. We would like to see one more.
Published
August 16, 2011

OUR OPINION: If Congress can’t fix No Child law, then get a waiver

Forgive the people who run the nation's public schools if they show a lack of patience when it comes to waiting for Congress to get its act together and rewrite No Child Left Behind.
Published
August 15, 2011

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: World finally reacting to famine in Africa

The world, locked in financial crisis, seems to have shrugged off the drought and famine gripping much of the Horn of Africa. Winter rain failed in Somalia, alerting aid agencies as early as last November that the country faced famine.
Published
August 15, 2011

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Republicans game the system with new voter laws

Across the United States, there is a growing battle over new voter registration laws. In 36 states, laws are being changed or proposed that would increase identification requirements for voters.
Published
August 15, 2011

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Obama takes title of ‘worst president’ from Carter

President Barack Obama may be a Democrat, but he is certainly no Harry Truman.

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