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  • Published
    August 22, 2012

    GEORGE SMITH: Must the mail go through?

    What would I do without the United States Postal Service? Today's mail brought me an offer of "big savings" with Geico insurance, a plea for money from Maine Public Broadcasting, a (depressing) chance to join AARP (including a membership card and the promise of a free insulated travel bag), an L.L. Bean promotion, a 2012 Maine Tree Survey from the Arbor Day Foundation, and a card from Michelle Obama with a beautiful full color photo of the First Family.

  • Published
    August 21, 2012

    MIKE TIPPING: Saga of LePage’s secret plan

    When Gov. Paul LePage spoke at the Sea Dog brew pub to an audience of Republican campaign donors, supporters and elected officials, he probably knew that his words would travel outside of the walls of the restaurant.

  • Published
    August 21, 2012

    WHO HAD WORST WEEK IN WASHINGTON? Biden’s ‘Bad Joe’ lapse bad for Obama

    Vice President Joe Biden is an outlier in American politics: He speaks his mind, all of it. Sometimes that's a good thing. But other times -- like this past week -- it can be a very bad thing.

  • Published
    August 20, 2012

    COMMENTARY: We need to be smarter if we don’t want to lose battle with microbes

    Consider an all-too-common scenario: You're burning up from a high fever after a routine surgical procedure, and an infection specialist is called to help treat your problem. You assume that a short course of antibiotics will quickly turn things around. But the specialist candidly admits: "I'm sorry, I can't treat your infection. You've got a resistant bacteria, a superbug."

  • Published
    August 19, 2012

    KATHLEEN PARKER: Complexity of issues leaves voters distracted by pithy sound bites

    "Under a democratical government, the citizens exercise the powers of sovereignty; and those powers will be first abased, and afterwards lost, if they are committed to an unwieldy multitude."

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  • Published
    August 19, 2012

    COMMENTARY: Bush tax cuts gave 57 CEOs million-dollar tax breaks

    The debate about President Barack Obama's plan to end Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy is riddled with references to "the richest 2 percent." Who exactly are these well-off Americans?

  • Published
    August 19, 2012

    COMMENTARY: Bring back fair, efficient Build America Bonds

    The unemployment rate remains stuck at more than 8 percent. More investment in roads, water systems, airports and other public infrastructure would bring both short- and long-term benefits. And state and local governments face ongoing deficits.

  • Published
    August 19, 2012

    CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Romney’s the present, Ryan’s the GOP future

    Vice presidential picks are always judged by their effect on the coming election. They rarely have any.

  • Published
    August 19, 2012

    DANA MILBANK: ‘Hate’ a strong word used too loosely by too many on all sides

    The day after the gay-rights group's alert went out, 28-year-old Floyd Lee Corkins II walked into the Family Research Council's Washington headquarters and, according to an FBI affidavit, proclaimed words to the effect of "I don't like your politics" -- and shot the security guard.

  • Published
    August 18, 2012

    COMMENTARY: Duct tape makes leap from toolbox to toybox

    Things were different when I was kid. Solicitous adults did not gently inquire of children "Are you happy?" after giving them something nice (an ice-cream cone, a college education, a car).

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