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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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PublishedApril 15, 2011
OUR OPINION: Obama takes low road in budget debate
So much for adult conversation and serious debate about the nation's debt problem.
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PublishedApril 14, 2011
OUR OPINION: Why mess with success since gun laws are working?
A legislative committee is tackling a long list of proposed changes to Maine's gun laws this week, and most Mainers must be asking themselves why.
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PublishedApril 13, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Americans taxed less than others but feel it more
As much as Americans and their politicians gripe about taxes, the U.S. tax burden of about 24 percent is one of the lowest in the developed world.
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PublishedApril 13, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Commencement speakers shouldn’t cash in
Few occasions in life are more idyllic than college graduation. Steeped in ceremony, it is the moment of triumph after years of work, a time for parents to beam proudly and gowned students to receive their hard-earned diplomas.
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PublishedApril 12, 2011
OUR OPINION: Sides working together is best part of budget deal
If you want to look at it from the dark side, there are things not to like about the federal budget deal, starting with the process that led to it.
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PublishedApril 11, 2011
OUR OPINION: Judge didn’t say Plum Creek plan was a bad deal
The five-year struggle to approve Plum Creek's North Woods property near Moosehead Lake was all about finding the best possible deal.
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PublishedApril 10, 2011
OUR OPINION: GOP’s budgeta call to arms for great change
When is a budget not a budget? When it's not so much about dollars and cents as about politics and public perception. When the person who conjured up the numbers for the budget says it's not really about the numbers.
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PublishedApril 8, 2011
OUR OPINION: State law needs to bolster school effort on bullying
A scared child can't learn, and any school that looks the other way when a student is threatened or harassed is failing in its primary mission.
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PublishedApril 7, 2011
OUR OPINION: One-house Legislature not such a good idea
When the Founders wrote the Constitution, they divided the legislative branch into two houses: a Senate with two members chosen by each state's legislature and a House apportioned by population and elected by the people.
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