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Letters to the Editor

Published
March 2, 2013

Gun control won’t work any better than drug laws

Pushing gun control is not the answer. Look at how our drug laws are working.
Published
March 2, 2013

LePage still refuses to help Maine people

Once again, Gov. Paul LePage shows his ignorance and disrespect by refusing to meet with the president while attending the Governors Association meetings in Washington, D.C.
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March 2, 2013

Legislator’s vote about gun permits disappoints

Rep. Brian Jones, D-Freedom, recently voted against the temporary ban on releasing the names of concealed weapon permit holders.
Published
March 2, 2013

78% rise in insurance cost not good news

In a recent Maine Compass, Sen. Rodney Whittemore, R-Skowhegan, who works on the Legislature's Insurance and Financial Services Committee, describes the results of Maine's new health insurance law (Public Law 90) as "remarkable," "encouraging," "affordable" and "a testament to the power of the free market."
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March 2, 2013

United Church of Christ calls for gun, ammo limits

We, the members of the Coordinating Council of the Maine Conference, United Church of Christ, call upon President Barack Obama, Gov. Paul LePage and our federal and state elected officials to ban the possession and use of assault weapons by members of the general public.

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Published
March 2, 2013

People in our lives not fantasy; they’re real

I went to a local coffee shop recently and was sitting quietly at my table and watched a boy, perhaps 7 or 8 years old, playing at a table. A young woman, perhaps in her early 20s, was sitting by his side.
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March 2, 2013

Maine, US on slippery slope toward disaster

Maine and the United States are on a slippery slope toward disaster.
Published
March 2, 2013

Reisert gets ‘incomplete’ grade for recent column

In his column published on Feb. 22, "1923 Supreme Court: Minimum wage law an unjust means to a good end," Professor Joseph Reisman argues that minimum wage laws are a bad idea because such laws substitute wages set by the government for wages set by the marketplace.
Published
March 2, 2013

Homosexual, heterosexual pedophiles equally bad

The more I see about the controversy surrounding the Boy Scouts allowing gays to join, the more I see people just don't have a clue.
Published
March 2, 2013

78 percent rise in insurance cost not good news

In a recent Maine Compass, Sen. Rodney Whittemore, R-Skow-hegan, who works on the Legislature's Insurance and Financial Services Committee, describes the results of Maine's new health insurance law (Public Law 90) as "remarkable," "encouraging," "affordable" and "a testament to the power of the free market."