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Published
March 2, 2012

MAINE COMPASS: Price of oil surges when we use less

The entire conversation about the price of oil lacks something, perhaps the honesty to look for blame beyond the traders and the politicians.
Published
March 2, 2012

MAINE COMPASS: Gardiner tackles energy costs by switching to wood pellets

There's nothing like writing a $650 check for a tank of heating oil to remind us just how expensive the stuff has gotten this winter.
Published
March 2, 2012

DENIS THOET: Considering their toxic emissions, corporations may be farm animals

Sometimes, a story comes along that's too good to be true.
Published
March 1, 2012

MAINE COMPASS: Bill would protect landowners from some ‘regulatory takings’

Some government policies harm the individual to such an extent that any benefit to society as a whole becomes very hard to justify.
Published
February 29, 2012

GEORGE SMITH: LePage vowed transparency, now seeks more secrecy than law allows

This afternoon, the Legislature's Judiciary Committee will work on L.D. 1805, a bill that would help the governor hide even more of his activities.

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Published
February 28, 2012

MAINE COMPASS: LURC has protected wildlands; reform needs to strike a balance

Our license plate rightly declares that Maine is Vacationland.
Published
February 28, 2012

MAINE COMPASS: Manage our health care delivery without dismantling safety net

An ideological battle has been brewing in Augusta. It's the kind of battle that goes straight to the heart of our state's priorities and values.
Published
February 28, 2012

MAINE COMPASS: Doctor shortage in Maine will blunt health reform’s effect

The new health reform law is expected to create 32 million more insured Americans, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The federal government plans to expand Medicaid to low-income adults and subsidize purchases on the health-insurance exchanges when it requires most Americans to carry insurance in 2014.
Published
February 27, 2012

KATHLEEN PARKER: Conservative purity as GOP plank may doom nominee’s chances

Let me be blunt: If Republicans nominate Rick Santorum, they will lose.
Published
February 26, 2012

LIZ SOARES: Food prices are rising, packages are shrinking, budgets are stretching thin

I’d been feeling quite virtuous until I reached the dairy aisle in the supermarket. The can of Italian pizza sauce was less than a dollar. I had yeast, flour and sugar at home. A pepper and a dozen mushrooms cost about a buck-fifty. This was a thrifty meal, and I was proud.