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  • Published
    July 28, 2013

    Stand your ground laws have a lot of ground to stand on

    So, now we're engaged in one of those "great national conversations" that our leaders seem to demand on a regular basis, this time on so-called stand your ground laws.

  • Published
    July 26, 2013

    Camp imbues campers with thrill of learning

    I got a glimpse of life "over the rainbow" last weekend. No, my house wasn't swept up in a tornado, and no, I was not hallucinating after taking a sharp blow to the head.

  • Published
    July 25, 2013

    McCain recovers penchant for independence

    WASHINGTON -- The Senate was out of session Monday, but John McCain was on Capitol Hill, joking, as he often does, about "trying to do the Lord's work here in the city of Satan."

  • Published
    July 24, 2013

    Vacation in Italy helps put Maine’s troubles in perspective

    After two weeks in Italy, we returned to Maine relaxed, refreshed and full of pasta. We were hankering for a burger and beer, so we stopped at the Sea Dog in Topsham, where I was astonished by the huge rush of water passing by the tavern which sits on the bank of the Androscoggin River. Apparently, you had a lot of rain while we were gone.

  • Published
    July 21, 2013

    KATHLEEN PARKER: Electing more women only way to scrap sexual double standard

    Redemption is in the air, we keep hearing. Americans don't care about a person's sex life because, well, they have one, too, and, hey, we all have weeds in our garden.

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  • Published
    July 21, 2013

    CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Zimmerman case never about race

    "No justice, no peace" chants the telegenic mob. In a civilized society, however, where the mob doesn't rule, justice is defined by the verdict that follows a fair trial. It's the best that humans can do.

  • Published
    July 21, 2013

    WILL DURST: GOP remaking itself to become the Party of the ’50s (1750s, that is)

    This week's tale is a horror story about lessons learned by the GOP from the 2012 presidential election. And those teachable moments are ... nothing. Zero. Zip. Nada. Empty voids. "Hear the hollow roar of the Pod People. See them lash out at the unknown. Feel their blind terror of a future they don't understand. It's Son of the Bride of the Attack of the Robot Amnesiacs! Part 6."

  • Published
    July 20, 2013

    M.D. HARMON: Military recruiters should be treated honorably at schools

    We've recently seen a "he-said, she-said" contretemps between Gov. Paul LePage and a number of politicians and school officials about how military recruiters were treated at some Maine high schools when they tried to present service opportunities to students.

  • Published
    July 19, 2013

    COMMENTARY: Food stamp programs work, so why are we cutting them?

    Can I tell you a real success story? One we should all be proud of? Great, here goes: The program formerly known as food stamps has kept hunger from exploding along with the number of Americans living in poverty.

  • Published
    July 18, 2013

    WENDY DAVIS: Why I stood up for Texas women

    Texas state leaders have again taken up a partisan effort to impose severe restrictions on the ability of women in our state to receive reproductive and other crucial health-care services.

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