OUR OPINION: Beware: Smartphone can be used against you

Editorials

Published
March 12, 2012

OUR OPINION: Beware: Smartphone can be used against you

People love their smartphones and all the amazing things that the devices can do for them.
Published
March 12, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Transportation spending bill going nowhere fast

It would be easy to call the gridlock in Congress laughable, except for the real impact it has on our everyday lives -- such as the gridlock on highways.
Published
March 12, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: These ‘junkies’ addicted to helping people in need

We're not meteorologists or soothsayers, so we're not going to speculate as to whether this year's spring severe weather season will rival last year's in intensity, destructiveness and loss of life.
Published
March 12, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: When allies pull the trigger, it’s time to pull out

The Pentagon reported on March 2 that five U.S. military personnel have been found responsible for the inadvertent burning of Qurans at a prison in Afghanistan last month that prompted a week of rioting and violence in that country.
Published
March 9, 2012

OUR OPINION: Bad word derails movie for teens about bullying

Any teenager can buy a movie ticket for "This Means War," a comedy featuring gunplay, fisticuffs, car crashes and "romantic stalking."

Published
March 8, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Obama’s Iran stance scolds Israel, GOP rivals

It's not clear that Israel is convinced, but President Barack Obama deserves credit for his forceful argument that the Jewish state shouldn't precipitously attack Iran's nuclear program.
Published
March 8, 2012

OUR OPINION: DHHS budget computer glitch effect unknown

For the last three months, the LePage administration has been clear about two things: the size of the shortfall in the Department of Health and Human Services budget and its cause -- overly generous eligibility standards for the state's low-income health care safety net.
Published
March 7, 2012

OUR OPINION: King’s candidacy will put Maine voters to a test

Back in the '90s, Maine looked like an island of moderation in a country divided. We had two Republican senators, two Democrats in the House, a closely split Legislature and an independent governor who was broadly popular across the political spectrum.
Published
March 6, 2012

OUR OPINION: Americans Elect should not fear to name donors

The political reform movement Americans Elect has chosen an odd way to go about opening up the presidential nomination process to disaffected voters: Instead of being transparent in all of its activities, the group that plans to put an Internet-selected ticket on the ballot in all 50 states won't say where it gets its money.
Published
March 5, 2012

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: On a war correspondent’s death in Syria

The profession is routinely denigrated by critics or those with political agendas, so it is easy to forget that journalism is an often thankless, endlessly difficult and, at times, life-threatening occupation. Marie Colvin reminded the world of that.

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