A legislative committee is tackling a long list of proposed changes to Maine’s gun laws this week, and most Mainers must be asking themselves why.
Editorials
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Commencement speakers shouldn’t cash in
Few occasions in life are more idyllic than college graduation. Steeped
in ceremony, it is the moment of triumph after years of work, a time for
parents to beam proudly and gowned students to receive their hard-earned
diplomas.
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Americans taxed less than others but feel it more
As much as Americans and their politicians gripe about taxes, the U.S.
tax burden of about 24 percent is one of the lowest in the developed world.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
OUR OPINION: Sides working together is best part of budget deal
If you want to look at it from the dark side, there are things not to like about the federal budget deal, starting with the process that led to it.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
OUR OPINION: Judge didn’t say Plum Creek plan was a bad deal
The five-year struggle to approve Plum Creek’s North Woods property near Moosehead Lake was all about finding the best possible deal.
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OUR OPINION: GOP’s budgeta call to arms for great change
When is a budget not a budget? When it’s not so much about dollars and cents as about politics and public perception. When the person who conjured up the numbers for the budget says it’s not really about the numbers.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
OUR OPINION: State law needs to bolster school effort on bullying
A scared child can’t learn, and any school that looks the other way when a student is threatened or harassed is failing in its primary mission.
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OUR OPINION: Bills aimed at vaccines should be defeated
The story of medicine’s progress against disease is told in two parallel tracks, one dealing with curing illnesses and the other with preventing them.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
OUR OPINION: One-house Legislature not such a good idea
When the Founders wrote the Constitution, they divided the legislative branch into two houses: a Senate with two members chosen by each state’s legislature and a House apportioned by population and elected by the people.
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OUR OPINION: DEP chief issue not political, but a legal question
Darryl Brown was a developer for nearly 40 years before he was tapped to become commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection.