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PublishedAugust 20, 2013
Change school culture to end bullying
Bucyrus had a bullying problem, and city officials wanted to do more than punish students and react to incidents; rather, they wanted to stop the bullying before it began. They wanted a school environment in which standing up for someone in trouble would be a source of pride and standing aside would be a source of embarrassment. They wanted to teach courage in the face of persecution, even when -- especially when -- students saw their friends persecuting others.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2013
Why so little hiring with so many jobs open now?
An odd puzzle is taking shape in the labor market: Over the past three years, the number of job openings has risen almost 50 percent, but actual hiring has gone up by less than 5 percent. Companies are advertising a lot more jobs, in other words, but not filling them.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2013
Sensible waivers sought for rules governing pollution emissions
A proposal by Maine's Department of Environmental Protection to scale back the state's participation in federal pollution control efforts are the subject of much criticism lately.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2013
Help us decipher issues, offer solutions on our Opinion pages
My first job in journalism was at The Piscataquis Observer in Dover-Foxcroft. Not long after I arrived, The Observer celebrated its 165th anniversary.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2013
M.D. HARMON: ‘Externalist’ author offers plan to reshape federal government
Some social scientists divide social reform movements into two major groups, which we might call "externalists" and "internalists."
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PublishedAugust 15, 2013
COMMENTARY: 50 years for stealing 9 videocassettes? US criminal justice system a disgrace
"As a prosecutor, a judge, an attorney in private practice, and now, as our nation's attorney general, I've seen the criminal justice system firsthand, from nearly every angle. While I have the utmost faith in -- and dedication to -- America's legal system, we must face the reality that, as it stands, our system is in too many respects broken."
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PublishedAugust 14, 2013
GEORGE SMITH: It’s an adventure when wild critters move into our homes
Running a bit late for a selectmen’s meeting a few years ago, I didn’t turn on the light as I headed toward the garage. I felt our cat move across my feet in front of me and reached down to pet him. Bad mistake.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2013
WORST WEEK: McConnell tries to forge alliance with far right
Marriages of convenience rarely work out. So when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., picked Jesse Benton, political consigliere to the Paul family — Rand and Ron — to manage his 2014 re-election race, campaign sharps began placing bets on how long it would last.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2013
MAINE COMPASS: Standards model fits manufacturing, not children’s education
On July 21, the MaineToday papers published a lengthy puff-piece about the Common Core State Standards headlined, "Test scores may drop under new standards," subtitled more hopefully, "'Common Core' could enhance future learning."
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PublishedAugust 12, 2013
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Administration still bending language to fit political need
Jen Psaki, blameless State Department spokeswoman, explained that the hasty evacuation of our embassy in Yemen was not an evacuation but "a reduction in staff." This proved a problem because the Yemeni government already had announced (and denounced) the "evacuation" -- the word normal folks use for the panicky ordering of people onto planes headed out of country.
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