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PublishedMay 15, 2013
GEORGE SMITH: Here’s what you should say when summer visitors ask questions
As we plunge into summer, prepared to endure a flood of friends from away, we ought to be prepared to answer their questions. Here are some of those likely questions, with answers at the end of the column to help you prepare.
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PublishedMay 14, 2013
COMMENTARY: Four steps the Pentagon should take to curb military sexual assault
The news that sexual harassment and assault in the military are more common than ever — not just that the number of reported incidents has climbed in the past two years but also that an estimated 26,000 personnel experienced unacceptable sexually aggressive and threatening behavior from their military colleagues — should come as no surprise to the Pentagon's leaders: They have had the raw data for weeks.
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PublishedMay 13, 2013
KATHLEEN PARKER: Mistakes made after Benghazi attacks were dishonest
WASHINGTON -- Mistakes were made.
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PublishedMay 12, 2013
MAINE COMPASS: Gang’s plan modernizes Maine’s tax code
Could this finally be the time for major tax reform in Maine? With Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, a Republican governor, a budget gap that defies easy solutions and fatigue with stopgap measures and one-time fixes, the opportunity may never be better.
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PublishedMay 12, 2013
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Obama’s red line turns pink with lack of decision in Syria
You know you're in trouble when you can't even get your walk-back story straight. Stung by the worldwide derision that met President Barack Obama's fudging and fumbling of his chemical-weapons red line in Syria, the White House leaked to The New York Times that Obama's initial statement had been unprepared, unscripted and therefore unserious.
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PublishedMay 12, 2013
THEODORA KALIKOW: A monopoly no more, education is now a commodity, with competition
Last time, when I wrote about disruptive change, I told you about Clayton Christensen's example of the steel industry and how the big traditional steel companies lost out to new ones with cheaper manufacturing processes.
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PublishedMay 11, 2013
MAINE COMPASS: Cookie-cutter education needs more than just reform
Everyone has a "fix" for education. Now it's my turn.
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PublishedMay 10, 2013
M.D. HARMON: Here we go again: Virtual replay of 2010’s attempt at ‘tax reform’
Naively, some of us thought we had solved the issue of peddling "tax reform" as a way to conceal higher taxes in 2010, when a Democratic Legislature tried to raise taxes on everything we bought while offering only a nominal income tax reduction in return.
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PublishedMay 10, 2013
PUBLIC HEARING
The Legislature's Taxation Committee will take public testimony on L.D. 1496, the tax reform bill, at 10:30 a.m. today in room 127 of the State House.
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PublishedMay 9, 2013
MAINE COMPASS: LePage budget shatters trust between state, municipalities
Hallowell is a great city, just not a very big one. We have awesome community spirit, but not a large tax base.
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