The Supreme Court last week heard oral argument in the case of Hollingsworth v. Perry, which could shape the future of marriage in America. Regardless of its effect on marriage, it certainly will shape the future of American constitutional law.
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Until a real deal gets done, Congress should stay in session
With no deal in sight to curb our growing national debt, America is going broke. So what do our representatives in Congress plan to do about it? Take a two-week break. Are they trying to see whether their abysmal 13 percent approval rating can sink any lower?
Still a Republican after all these years
At the age of 12, I sat up late one night in 1960 to tape record Richard Nixon’s Republican presidential nomination speech. It was the start of a lifelong Republican affliction.
Think ethanol is environmentally friendly? Think again
America’s prairies are disappearing at the fastest rate since the 1930s’ “Dust Bowl.”
Unlock cellphones so people can use public airwaves
What if, when you bought a new television, you had to decide which electrical network you’d like to use it on. That is essentially the problem most Americans face whenever they buy a mobile phone?
Home visiting programs offer hope to reduce child abuse, neglect
Pinwheels are a symbol of hope. During the month of April pinwheels are also the symbol for child abuse and neglect prevention both here in Maine and across the nation.
What Obama really said in Jerusalem
“I honestly believe that if any Israeli parent sat down with those (Palestinian) kids, they’d say, ‘I want these kids to succeed.'”
Diversity, courses, faculty at Bowdoin subject of research
The National Association of Scholars was established in 1987 by a group of university professors and others who wanted “to confront the rising threat of politicization of colleges and universities and to summon faculty members back to the principles of liberal education and disciplined intellectual inquiry.”
DOMA’s real threat: enshrining one religious view over others
I’m a Christian pastor. I’m also a proud American who deeply values religious liberty.
Same-sex marriage can’t be stopped by courts
To see the future of gay marriage, you didn’t have to set foot in the Supreme Court chamber Tuesday morning as the justices took up the first of two landmark cases on the issue.