OUR OPINION: Spouting slogans won’t solve our fiscal woes

Editorials

Published
October 6, 2011

OUR OPINION: Spouting slogans won’t solve our fiscal woes

As long ago as 1917, acerbic Baltimore journalist H.L. Mencken could write, "There is always an easy solution to every human problem -- neat, plausible, and wrong."
Published
October 5, 2011

OUR OPINION: Unemployment bigger problem than fraud

Gov. Paul LePage used his weekly radio address Saturday to decry abuse of Maine's system for providing unemployment benefits and vowed a crackdown on cheaters.
Published
October 4, 2011

OUR OPINION: Natural resource agencies’ merger makes sense –if service will improve

What do the state departments of Agriculture and Conservation have in common?
Published
October 4, 2011

OUR OPINION: Clean Election law needs surgery, not a Band-Aid

Let's start by acknowledging that Maine's Clean Election system, approved by voters in 1996, has been generally well-received by the public and the candidates for state office who have used it.
Published
October 3, 2011

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Dead people got $600M in Social Security benefits

For several years, we've seen stories about people declared dead by the Social Security Administration. Many went through a lot of hoops to officially resurrect themselves. In the interim, they didn't get the proper payments due. And for some people, this created a real hardship.

Published
October 3, 2011

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Saudi promise to let women vote seems empty

Even if the latest promise of granting marginal political rights to Saudi women could be believed, it would be too little, too late. King Abdullah has good intentions regarding their position, but any step forward on rights tends to be matched by two steps back -- and not just for women.
Published
October 3, 2011

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Young Americans are ‘Shortchanged Generation’

Newly released Census data demonstrate the chilling impact the recession has had on the current crop of young Americans, to whom the American Dream is increasingly becoming a historical curiosity.
Published
October 2, 2011

OUR OPINION: To everything there’s a season: It’s time to bond

Most of the talk about bonding during the last legislative session had as much to do with politics as with sound fiscal policy.
Published
August 22, 2011

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Turkey, Saudi Arabia 2 forces of peace, stability

In the normal course of events, the visit to Jeddah of Turkish President Abdullah Gul recently and his talks with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah would raise little attention. Relations between the two countries are excellent and have been for a long time. There is no reason whatsoever to imagine that they will do anything other than continue to grow.
Published
August 22, 2011

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Not much joy in short-term debt deal

There's the ideological divide between Republicans and Democrats, which seems to be wider than ever. Then there's the divide between what Americans say they want and what elected officials in Washington give them.

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