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PublishedAugust 11, 2011
OUR OPINION: Keep Congress’ doors closed; work at home
Rep. Mike Michaud probably thought it was a good idea to sign onto a letter that implored House Speaker John Boehner to end the August recess and bring Congress back to Washington right away to work on the nation's business.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2011
OUR OPINION: Food safety program cuts mindless, shortsighted
For the last month we have heard more than we needed to know about the nation's debt, and our government's inability to bring spending under control.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2011
OUR OPINION: Another chance for leadership slipped away
Chalk it up as another opportunity not taken, another moment not seized, another chance for leadership allowed to slip away.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2011
OUR OPINION: S&P bond rating panic based on fear, not facts
If you believed some of the commentary taking place over Standard & Poor's decision to reduce the U.S. bond rating from AAA to AA+, you would think that astronomers had just detected a killer asteroid that would destroy all life on Earth.
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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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