OUR OPINION: Train wreck’s cost makes oil too expensive

Editorials

Published
July 14, 2013

OUR OPINION: Train wreck’s cost makes oil too expensive

While investigators are still trying to piece together exactly why a runaway train loaded with crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, last week, there are some things we know for sure.
Published
July 13, 2013

VIEW FROM AWAY: The border isn’t the problem

Now that the Senate has passed a sweeping bipartisan bill to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, it’s the House’s turn to act. But as expected, Republicans in that chamber are once again insisting that the border between the U.S. and Mexico be sealed as a prerequisite to approving broader reforms.
Published
July 12, 2013

OUR OPINION: Program to close student food gap awaits LePage

For too many K-12 students in Maine, summer vacation is a mixed blessing. When school's in session, these children and teenagers get free or reduced-price breakfasts and lunches. After school lets out for the summer, however, they lose access to these sources of food.
Published
July 11, 2013

OUR OPINION: Lavish hospital salaries send jarring message

The health care system is in crisis, but compensation for top Maine hospital executives remains healthy.
Published
July 10, 2013

OUR OPINION: Giffords’ visit could shake up gun stalemate

If anyone can shake up the stalemated gun violence debate, it may be former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, of Arizona.

Published
July 10, 2013

OUR OPINION: Obamacare delay a gift to critics of reform

The Affordable Care Act, known as "Obamacare" to friend and foe alike, is the perfect target to organize against.
Published
July 10, 2013

VIEW FROM AWAY: Keystone pipeline safer than trains

President Barack Obama's push to put a new emphasis on curbing greenhouse gas emissions had the feel of wishful thinking. He knows that Congress has little interest in the effort, so he plans to focus on what he can do by Environmental Protection Agency rule-making. The exercise of such regulatory power tends to be a slow grind through government bureaucracy, though, and he may not be able to get much of his agenda accomplished before his term ends.
Published
July 9, 2013

OUR OPINION: Some addicted offenders respond to threat of jail

Drug courts work because they are different. They were invented by frustrated judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys who saw that what they had been doing wasn't working. They came up with a program within the court system where addicted offenders were given a chance to turn their lives around.
Published
July 8, 2013

VIEW FROM AWAY: Break marriage ‘rules’ instead of the marriage

The marriage rate per 1,000 in population in the United States is currently at 6.8, whereas the divorce rate per 1000 in population is 3.4, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Do the math: Half of the country's marriages are ending in divorce.
Published
July 8, 2013

VIEW FROM AWAY: World isn’t forgetting Bangladesh workers’ deaths

After the Bangladesh garment factory collapse in April that left more than 1,100 workers dead, their broken bodies mingled with brand-name clothing tags, the country's politicians and sweatshop owners no doubt hoped the resulting furor over worker rights and safety would soon blow over. It hasn't.

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