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PublishedApril 9, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Congress cleans up its own house — a little bit
Congress is heaping great praise on itself for passing a law banning insider trading and bringing more light to the financial transactions of federally elected officials.
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PublishedApril 9, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: It’s time for cameras to be allowed in all courts
We don't often agree with Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, about issues, but he was spot on when he called for there to be cameras permitted in the hallowed chambers of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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PublishedApril 6, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Supreme Court’s strip-search ruling goes too far
By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that people arrested over traffic and other minor offenses can be strip-searched even if there is no reasonable suspicion that they are concealing weapons or contraband.
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PublishedApril 5, 2012
OUR OPINION: Intraparty battle all but over; GOP has to shift focus
Pressure is mounting on Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum to get out of the Republican presidential race, but it really doesn't matter what they do.
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PublishedApril 4, 2012
OUR OPINION: Latest LePage veto rejected foreclosure bill
Gov. Paul LePage won again Monday, bringing his perfect veto streak to 16-0.
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PublishedApril 4, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Science and doubting, educated conservatives
With so many scientific issues becoming battlefields in the culture wars -- from climate change to stem-cell research to evolution -- we hardly needed a new study to tell us that scientists have become a favorite target of the right. Yet a paper written by University of North Carolina doctoral fellow Gordon Gauchat and published last week in the American Sociological Review also contains a highly counterintuitive finding.
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PublishedApril 3, 2012
OUR OPINION: Court on Poliquin:No ruling means no resolution
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court did not exonerate state Treasurer Bruce Poliquin, and its opinion should not put the matter to rest.
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PublishedApril 2, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE:Job applicants have right to Facebook privacy
It has become fairly standard for employers to view the social media sites of prospective workers in order to learn more about them.
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PublishedApril 2, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE:Congress agrees on small business assistance bill
Washington actually got something done. Our nation's capital -- usually the land of gridlock -- agreed to a package of bills designed to encourage private investment in small businesses.
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PublishedApril 2, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: We need to expand domestic natural gas market
To drill or not to drill, Baby? That is the question that is launching a thousand heated partisan debates early in this presidential campaign season.
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