OUR OPINION: King’s speech shows how far words can take us

Editorials

Published
August 27, 2013

OUR OPINION: King’s speech shows how far words can take us

It's almost impossible to imagine an America before the "I Have a Dream" speech rang out from steps of the Lincoln Memorial 50 years ago this week.
Published
August 27, 2013

OUR OPINION: Holding colleges accountable for aid to students

Every year, the federal government shoves billions of dollars in grants and student loan subsidies over to colleges and universities to make an education more accessible for American students. Every year, colleges and universities respond by increasing their tuition, putting that education further out of reach.
Published
August 25, 2013

OUR VIEW: Warren, and soon, is best fix for Riverview

For whatever reason, Mark Murphy didn't get the treatment he needed nine years ago, before he broke into a neighbor's home and was stopped by a bullet to the chest.
Published
August 23, 2013

Editor’s note

An earlier, outdated version of George Smith's column ("The Native Conservative: Keeping water clean is cheaper than cleaning it after it's polluted") ran in the Wednesday edition of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. The print version was written before the clean water bond was removed from the final proposal. It was an editor's error. An updated version appears at kjonline.com.
Published
August 22, 2013

Board decision first step in fixing county jail system

This week, the Maine State Board of Corrections voted to spend money it didn't have. For once, that was the right thing to do.

Published
August 21, 2013

Our view: Farm regulations should reflect industry realities

The vast fields of strawberries in California or spinach in Arizona bear little resemblance to the small family farms of Maine. But federal regulations proposed to limit food-borne illness treat them too similarly, and would put undue strain on small businesses that have been a Maine success story in the last decade. The Food Service […]
Published
August 21, 2013

First victory in fight against child obesity

Finally, from the frontlines of the U.S. obesity epidemic, comes promising news: Levels of obesity among low-income babies and toddlers have dropped in 19 states and territories by at least 1.8 percent and, in some places, as much as 19.1 percent from 2008 to 2011.
Published
August 20, 2013

Our view: Police cameras can give public a clearer picture

Eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable. Interactions with law enforcement produce conflicting accounts. Memories get foggy. Stories change.
Published
August 19, 2013

Snowden just one reason Putin earns US snub

When the leaders of the industrial nations meet next month in Russia, there will be formal large sessions and, in the unvarying tradition of diplomacy, many one-on-one meetings at which more real negotiating might be done.
Published
August 19, 2013

Good time to de-escalate ‘war on drugs’

Attorney General Eric Holder's speech to the American Bar Association in San Francisco was a bit like hearing from a stockbroker after trading has closed.

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