2013
Poor standard
We’ve been watching with a certain grim amusement as the federal government tries to come to grips with the massive economic meltdown it helped engineer by standing idly by while bankers fraudulently saddled homebuyers with mortgages they could never repay then resold reams of these notes — which they now cannot seem to locate — […]
Waste not
It’s great news Maine Yankee is getting $81.7 million for having to eat nuclear waste the federal government said it would handle. Even better: Funds will be “used for the benefit of ratepayers.” We’ll be checking. You know what would be really great? Ridding the coast of nuclear waste altogether. You’d think the brightest minds […]
Homeless people not invisible or forgotten
During the week of January 14, a group of eight Bowdoin College students from various class years and educational backgrounds participated in an educational service trip to the Preble Street Resource Center in Portland. The goal was to investigate the stereotypes of homelessness and hunger through hands-on, experiential learning about this ongoing social issue. Students […]
Business models drive hospital debate
To the Editor: The editorial in your newspaper (“State must reject bid to ‘save’ Parkview,” p. A6, Jan. 30), articulated a very narrow, one-sided perspective. Here is a more balanced view of the situation. What are the impacts to Brunswick from consolidating Parkview and Mid Coast into one hospital? Mid Coast asserts it already provides […]
Iran’s leader rejects direct talks with U.S.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader today strongly rejected proposals for direct talks with the United States, effectively quashing suggestions for a breakthrough one-on-one dialogue on the nuclear standoff and potentially other issues. The statement posted on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s website echoes previous remarks opposing bilateral talks with Washington in parallel with stop-and-start nuclear […]
NATO copter crashes in east Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A NATO helicopter crashed today in eastern Afghanistan, but no crew members were seriously injured, officials said. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed the helicopter was shot down by the group’s fighters in the Tagab district of Kapisa province. But a spokesman for U.S.- led forces in the country said the cause […]
New Bank of England boss open to review
LONDON (AP) — Mark Carney, the Canadian central banker who is set to become the Bank of England’s governor this summer, said today he is open to a review of Britain’s monetary policy framework, potentially opening the way to a more growth-oriented approach in Europe’s thirdbiggest economy. Addressing lawmakers on the influential Treasury Select Committee […]
Medvedev reluctant to reverse ‘time’
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says he has no immediate intention to reverse his decision to leave Russia’s clocks on summer time yearround. The move Medvedev made in 2011 when he was president has been widely unpopular as it has plunged the country into darkness until late morning during the winter. Medvedev’s […]