Consumers are always right, even when scientific evidence says they are wrong. The lesson apparently went right over American Meat Institute President J. Patrick Boyle’s corporate head — at least concerning the lean, firmly textured beef product that has come to be known as “pink slime.” The process used to make this product is straightforward. […]

WASHINGTON — How dare President Barack Obama brush back the Supreme Court like that? Has this former constitutional law instructor no respect for our venerable system of checks and balances? Nah. And why should he? This court, cosseted behind white marble pillars, out of reach of TV, accountable to no one once they give the […]

To the editor: I am writing about the current state budget debate in Augusta concerning early childhood programs. The governor’s budget proposes cutting child care funding in half. It would eliminate state funding for Head Start, the nation’s preschool program designed to ensure low income children start school ready to succeed. Administratively, the governor is […]

To the editor: While the federal government can run a budget deficit (in the trillions at last count) by simply spending money that the nation does not have, the same is not true for the states. States, like Maine, are bound by their constitutions to maintain a balanced budget, meaning projected spending cannot exceed expected […]