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PublishedApril 13, 2012
Snowe, Collins asked to back Safe Chemicals Act
As a mother who often worries about keeping my kids safe from exposure to toxic chemicals, I was encouraged to see that Maine’s House and Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution asking Congress to fix our badly broken chemical safety laws. I hope Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins will follow Maine’s lead by helping […]
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PublishedApril 13, 2012
‘Hunger Games’ still leaves us hungry
The ancient Romans had their vomitorium so that people could throw up between courses in order to eat more while they watched gladiators butcher each other. Now this same thing is at our local theater and making lots of money, according to the newspaper headline, “‘Hunger Games’ domestic total tops $300 million.” For a few […]
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PublishedApril 13, 2012
Reisert’s recent column one of his more partisan
Since it is clearly one of his more partisan political attacks, Joseph Reisert’s recent column (“Economic security, as Obama sees it, means bigger government,” April 6) deserves a response. Apparently, being willing to work hard is not enough if one wishes to characterize as evil all social programs, including Social Security. To compare federal government […]
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PublishedApril 12, 2012
Obama, media unite, paving way for a tyrant
The Affordable Care Act has gone to the Supreme Court, and that event has overshadowed another significant event. The president attempted to single out the oil companies and discriminate against them by removing their business investment write-offs, which every business in America, big or small, enjoys. He did this by claiming it was time to […]
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PublishedApril 12, 2012
Grateful to Legislature for still funding public radio
I was relieved to learn on MPBN’s “Morning Report” that the Legislature, has wisely agreed to retain funding for “Morning Report” and other treasures offered on public radio. The collective stations of MPBM are great places for all Mainers to learn much. This looming issue had become a “political football” and, in the governor’s own […]
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PublishedApril 12, 2012
Unconstitutional to force us to pay for uninsured
The health care reform bill is in the Supreme Court. We won’t know whether the law will be upheld until June. Why should Clarence Thomas be sitting on the bench for this case, when his wife has connections to groups opposed to the measure? The Republicans say it is unconstitutional to have health care reform. […]
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PublishedApril 11, 2012
Is a corporation really a person?
I am a corporation. I am a person, but: I do not feel cold I do not feel hunger I do not feel loneliness I do not feel sorrow I do not feel pain I do not know joy I do not know friendship I do not know compassion I do not know wonder I […]
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PublishedApril 11, 2012
Was cause of justice served by judge’s ruling?
The many recent exonerations of wrongfully convicted persons because of improved scientific forensic tools have exposed flawed judicial systems nationwide. Too often the prime focus of courts is on a strict adherence to legal procedures that stifle the search for the truth. As a result, a number of state courts now accept overriding pleas of […]
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PublishedApril 11, 2012
Clean Elections Act levels money playing field
Maine’s Clean Election Act promotes true democracy in Maine’s legislative races. For more than a decade now, Maine voters, regardless of political party affiliation, have been able to support their own local House and Senate candidates who participate in Clean Elections with a $5 contribution (online at www.maine.gov/ethics). With enough of these contributions, Clean Elections […]
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PublishedApril 10, 2012
Not all nuts should have right to bear arms
Since it is obvious that we cannot be on the scene of all events taking place locally and throughout the world, we must rely on the media for information. When I see evidence of mass demonstrations protesting the killing of Trayvon Martin, I am convinced this is not a knee-jerk reaction to some imagined injustice. […]
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