“Looking at images of children and toddlers infants being sexually molested, and seeing the suffering without being able to rescue them immediately, is the toughest part of this job.”
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JOSEPH REISERT: Supreme Court starts new session as it ended last one — on hot seat
NEXT MONDAY WILL be the first Monday in October, the legally prescribed date for the beginning of a new Supreme Court term. When last year’s term ended in June, the court found itself at the center of a series of highly charged political controversies, weighing in on same-sex marriage, voting rights and affirmative action.
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COMMENTARY: My infantry days with Tom Clancy
I RETURNED FROM a run Wednesday morning to learn that author Tom Clancy, the signpost of my entry into the U.S. Army, had died.
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GREG KESICH: New Augusta hospital shows flaws in how we pay for health care
HEALTH CARE IS the only thriving industry in Maine, and that’s not always good for our economic health.
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DON ROBERTS: Legislature needs to protect state’s core, stop the meltdown
AT THE BEGINNING of the 126th Legislature, the Maine Municipal Association and its Legislative Policy Committee, composed of 69 members from cities and towns around the state, pounded the table for protection of “core” municipal services.
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GEORGE SMITH: Fight against garden marauders adds to pressure of country living
THE LARGE CUCUMBER is held up rather tentatively for Dad’s approval at my vegetable stand in front of Wilson’s Dollar Stores on Winthrop’s Main Street. Dad worked there. The photo, now 55 years old, sits on my bookshelf.
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Bill Nemitz: Sen. Collins hardly a profile in courage during shutdown stalemate
Maybe she thought we weren’t looking.
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MAINE COMPASS: Bear hounding, baiting, trapping are cruel, unsporting practices
The question of whether Maine should return to its roots and traditions as being a state where bear hunting is one of sport and not savagery, will be on the ballot in 2014.
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Look at it as if federal budget were your personal checkbook
EVERY OTHER FRIDAY starts the same. A second cup of coffee and a sense of panic about how long I have before I get a friendly reminder from an editor about my column being due.
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Lawmakers just not listening to budget office
Every year around this time, the Congressional Budget Office issues a report about just how grim the nation’s long-term financial health is. A few lawmakers wring their hands and say they will get serious about fixing the problem, but then they don’t. We, as a nation, rush toward a debt-induced disaster if no one heeds the warning.