A recent victory in the fight to protect our children from bullies in schools and on the Internet could become worth nothing more than the paper it is printed on.
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KAY RAND: Just as life had settled down, King’s run for Senate upends it again
I first met Angus King on a very rainy day in December 1993 (well, I’d met him earlier as a guest on his TV show on public television, but he didn’t remember). My life changed on that day.
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DANA MILBANK: Obama has ‘special relationship’ with capital-C Conservative
Finally, a conservative who likes President Barack Obama.
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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Oil crisis looms, prices spike, Obama extols algae
Yes, of course, presidents have no direct control over gas prices, but the American people know something about this president and his disdain for oil.
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MAINE COMPASS: Governor’s bill calls for accountability, transparency of Efficiency Maine Trust
One of the largest inhibitors, if not the biggest obstacle, to job creation in Maine is high energy costs.
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M.D. HARMON: Does having two Democrats in Senate race give GOP an edge?
Does it seem fair that Maine’s Republicans have to choose one candidate for U.S. Senate this June, while the Democrats will have two people contesting for the seat?
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DENIS THOET: We’re each carrying our own special concoction of internal toxins
Dinosaurs: small brains, big bodies. Extinct.
Humans: Large brains, small bodies. Not extinct. Not yet, anyway.
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MAINE COMPASS: Cuts to Fund for Healthy Maine would decimate prevention efforts
We write as president of the Maine Medical Association and co-chairmen of the association’s Public Health Committee to express our deep concern about proposed cuts in 2013 to the Fund for a Healthy Maine.
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GEORGE SMITH: ‘Takings’ bill amendment offers a bipartisan compromise
Recognizing that the government should not be able to take most of the value of private property without compensating the owner, the Legislature has been wrestling with L.D. 1810, Rep. Andre Cushing’s “takings” bill.
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MAINE COMPASS: Education reform bill’s essence is to make it easier to fire teachers
Maine Education Commissioner Steve Bowen in May presented welcome sentiments about school reform as it concerns teachers.