The late economist Herbert Stein once said, “If something can’t go on, it won’t go on.” Which makes a recent comment from a Washington Post columnist the most meaningless thing I have read so far this year. Dana Milbank, who usually takes a liberal slant on things, wrote Monday about a Medicare reform plan sponsored […]
March 2012
Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: State’s entrepreneurs quietly leading state to a brighter future
Highly publicized reports of Maine’s ‘business unfriendliness’ don’t tell the whole story.
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Posted inNation & World
Senate sends White House insider-trading legislation
Both Republican senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine vote in favor of the measure.
Posted inNation & World
Government can store data on U.S. citizens for five years
The new intelligence guidelines allow keeping information on Americans with no ties to terrorism.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Gambling operations no longer a safe bet
The industry, always a tough sell in Maine, faces competition and an aging pool of gamblers.
Posted inNation & World
Santorum says he or Obama should be president
SAN ANTONIO – Presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Thursday said Republicans should give President Obama another term if Santorum isn’t the GOP nominee, and for a second day compared rival Mitt Romney to an Etch A Sketch toy. Santorum reiterated an argument he has made before: The former Massachusetts governor is not conservative enough to […]
Posted inNation & World
Was killer in France a lone-wolf terrorist?
Police try to determine whether the gunman’s brother was involved and search for accomplices.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor, March 23, 2012Readers react to shooting of Afghans
There seems a rush in the news media to sympathize with Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who shot dead 17 Afghan civilians. I contrast this with the media treatment of the Army psychiatrist who shot dead a dozen or so fellow soldiers at Fort Hood. The present case was a caregiver killing those in his care. […]
Posted inNews
Text alert: Police hunt distracted drivers
A Maine State Police minivan has been cruising the Maine Turnpike, looking for drivers who aren’t looking at the road.
Posted inNews
UPDATE: Woman found guilty in Blaine House protest
A Liberty woman is convicted of criminal trespass stemming from a protest last November when she and others failed to follow police orders to leave the Blaine House grounds.