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PublishedJuly 5, 2011
OUR OPINION: School funding power play adds to divisive views
The saying goes "to the victor goes the spoils," and that's apparently how Senate President Kevin Raye read the results of the last election.
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PublishedJuly 4, 2011
Declaration of Independence
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2011
Stranded tourists get rare look at Washington Monument
Two-dozen visitors to the Washington Monument got a rare treat in advance of the July Fourth weekend.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2011
OUR OPINION: Legislature had rocky start, but also some success
It was a great exit line. Not as pithy as The Terminator's "I'll be back," to be sure, but good-natured and hinting at the possibility of impending mayhem just the same.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Eight myths to chill an old-school Republican’s soul
When Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., quit the (no longer) bipartisan deficit-reduction talks last week, it was not exactly a "Profiles in Courage" moment.
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PublishedApril 19, 2011
OUR OPINION: Bad judgment, at least, rife at MTA top levels
The most devastating question posed to Paul Violette by a legislative panel on Friday was the last.
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PublishedApril 18, 2011
Maine GOP needs to start playing offense
You know what Maine Republicans need? More Jimmer.
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PublishedApril 18, 2011
OUR OPINION: Patriots Day message echoes through time
Mid-April is a lousy time to have a holiday in Maine. What do we really have to celebrate? Mailing in our tax returns? Confronting the trash left behind by the retreating snow drifts?
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PublishedApril 18, 2011
OUR OPINION: Offensive speech is only kind that really needs protection
Nothing is more appalling than the sight of the Rev. Fred Phelps and his tiny band of followers from the fringe Westboro Baptist Church protesting outside military funerals.
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PublishedApril 17, 2011
OUR OPINION: Maine GOP needs to start playing offense
You know what Maine Republicans need? More Jimmer. Jimmer Fredette, the sweet-shooting senior guard for Brigham Young University, led his team to the NCAA basketball tournament’s Sweet 16 by offering nothing but offense. He attacked his opponents’ weaknesses, exposed their deficiencies and scored at will. Jimmer-mania rocked the country.
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