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PublishedApril 28, 2013
Giffords op-ed powerful, should be required reading
"Senators say they fear the NRA and the gun lobby. But I think that fear must be nothing compared to the fear the first-graders in Sandy Hook Elementary School felt as their lives ended in a hail of bullets." So writes Gabrielle Giffords in an op-ed piece for The New York Times responding to the Senate defeat of a bill to expand background checks. Giffords has a unique perspective about the national gun debate as a former representative from Arizona, a gun-friendly state, and as the victim of gun violence who was shot two years ago at point-blank range.
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PublishedApril 28, 2013
By vote, Senate indirectly condones shooting deaths
Gun control legislation was defeated in the U.S. Senate on April 17, by 46 votes -- enough to prevent its passage.
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PublishedApril 28, 2013
Gun-free zones not necessarily safe for kids
Let's suppose that Adam Lanza had not taken his own life after murdering 26 children and six staff at Sandy Hook Elementary and was captured instead.
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PublishedApril 28, 2013
Let Knight’s lawyer pay tab for restitution
Christopher Knight hasn't worked a day in his life. Apparently, all he has done over the last 27 years is steal. He chose a lifestyle, and the public has paid for it through his alleged acts of thievery.
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PublishedApril 27, 2013
Preventing hunger is not a partisan issue
Your recent editorial, "Far too many Mainers still hungry, poor," (April 14), reminded us all too well of the hardships many fellow Mainers face more than five years since the Great Recession began.
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PublishedApril 27, 2013
When smoke cleared, Good Samaritans stood tall
It was a day celebrating freedom, as some 27,000 runners and countless spectators gathered in Bean Town.
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PublishedApril 27, 2013
Babies who survive abortions entitled to care
The Infants Born Alive Act is a law that recognizes the right of babies who survive botched abortions to have medical care to save their lives.
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PublishedApril 26, 2013
Nominee would continue EPA’s environmental work
As we celebrate Earth Day this week, it's worth noting the critical role the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has played since the first Earth Day in 1970.
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PublishedApril 26, 2013
Measure addresses issue of horse slaughter
A public hearing will be held Tuesday on L.D. 1286, "An Act to Protect Maine Communities by Prohibiting Horse Slaughter in Maine For Human Consumption and the Transport of Horses For Slaughter."
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PublishedApril 25, 2013
Impacts predicted if minimum wage law stands
Here are just a few predictions for what will occur if Gov. Paul LePage does not veto the new minimum wage law.
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