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COMMENTARY: Cony softball state win reflects progress achieved via Title IX
The front page of Sunday’s Kennebec Journal had a sweet coincidence: Right above a story about the 40th anniversary of Title IX was a photo of the Cony High School softball team celebrating its state championship.
GEORGE SMITH: Internet sales tax a terrible idea for Maine taxpayers, businesses
If Gov. Paul LePage and U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-1st District, agree on something, one of them must be wrong. In this case, both are wrong.
MAINE COMPASS: We need to fight perfect storm of gas and oil prices, tax breaks
A perfect storm is happening with gasoline in our country.
KATHLEEN PARKER: Our faith in government damaged badly by Watergate, its aftermath
Forty years ago, all of America learned the name of a particular condominium, hotel and office complex along the Potomac in the nation’s capital.
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Mediocre candidates, bad news, gaffes and there’s 4 months to go
Mitt Romney vs. Barack Obama is not exactly Jefferson-Adams or Lincoln-Douglas. No Harry Truman or Bill Clinton here, let alone FDR or Reagan. Indeed, it’s arguable that neither party is fielding its strongest candidate.
MAINE COMPASS: Father’s Day is a time to reflect on meaning of being a ‘good dad’
Father’s Day can be filled with happiness and precious memories, or it can be a reminder of violence and emotional pain.
LIZ SOARES: We need to face reality, not get caught up on ‘zombie apocalypse’
Warnings of a “zombie apocalypse” have been circulating for several years now, but when Miami police found a naked man chewing off the face of another unclothed gent — well, it really seemed as if the rise of the undead was upon us.
COMMENTARY: The Olympics and the rise of the humble ball
When the caldron is lit in London this summer and the XXX Olympics begins, one familiar participant will play a more active role than any other, taking center stage at 23 individual events.
DANA MILBANK: To GOP dismay, JPMorgan head touts Simpson-Bowles debt proposal
JPMorgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon has been a scourge of the Obama administration in recent months, but when he appeared on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Republicans found the head of the country’s largest bank to be alarmingly off-message.