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PublishedJuly 21, 2011
OUR OPINION: As Violette shrinks from view, troubles mount
If the charges in a lawsuit against former Maine Turnpike Authority Executive Director Paul Violette hold up in court, he will enter some sort of state Hall of Fame for the Creative and Flagrant Misuse of Public Funds.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2011
OUR OPINION: Easy ethics question: Can one man serve 2 masters?
Ethical questions can be thorny, and the ones regarding conflicts of interest can be the most complicated to answer, especially in a small state like Maine.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2011
OUR OPINION: Grandparents better drivers than we thought
A group of researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has come up with some good news for grandparents: Their grandchildren are safer with grandma or grandpa behind the wheel than they are when they are in a car driven by mom or dad.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2011
OUR OPINION: This time, it’s good we can veto a bad new law
Direct democracy is a safety valve built into Maine's political process, giving voters a chance to make laws when their elected officials won't, or to strike down the really bad ideas that come out of Augusta.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2011
OUR OPINION: Court of public opinion has found Clemens guilty
For the second week in a row, an unexpected outcome in a trial that attracted intense national coverage has drawn the public's eyes to U.S. legal procedures.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: U.S. space program must not end
In a few days, a sleek-winged ship will drop out of the sky after spending nearly two weeks in space. It will glide to a runway -- most likely in Florida.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Pentagon should buy U.S.-made products
Millions of U.S. manufacturing jobs have been sent overseas by corporations eager to utilize low-paid foreign workers. To resist this betrayal, Rep. Nick J. Rahall, D-W.Va., helped form the bipartisan Buy American Caucus in Congress to require the federal government to purchase American-made products as much as possible.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Canada ends combat role in Afghanistan
In the wake of the deaths of 157 brave Canadian soldiers and the wounding of hundreds more, the U.S. Army officially took over Canada's battle space in Kandahar.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2011
OUR OPINION: Obama, Congress need to stop political games
Tick, tick, tick. Is time running out, or is the Washington political establishment scamming us one more time?
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PublishedJuly 17, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Joblessness, not deficit, is our national crisis
There's no sugarcoating it: The recent employment report was a disaster, with just 18,000 net jobs created in June. And there's no reason to think the coming months will be any better.
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