Editorials - Portland Press Herald

M.D. Harmon: Committee stalemate gives voters clear fiscal options

by M.D. HARMON November 25, 2011

They can choose sound entitlement programs and less regulation, or side with the tax-and-spend crowd.

Now that Americans know security is elusive, grit and optimism will see us through.

by RUTH MARCUS November 24, 2011

The message from both sides was that presidential involvement would be counterproductive.

As public policy challenges go, this one shouldn’t have been that difficult.

All the congressional “supercommittee” had to do was slash $1.2 trillion from the federal budget. Couldn’t do it. Wouldn’t do it.

Voters have come to expect candidates to mislead them, intentionally or not.

by ELLIOTT BURTON November 21, 2011

A denunciation of Occupy Wall Street violence fails to mention corporate and bank misdeeds.

Voting on a budget-balancing amendment merely put off Congress’ real responsibility.

by RAYMOND P. CLARK November 20, 2011

By rejecting the ballot’s two gaming questions, Maine voters are saying, ‘No more.’

Passing one now would mean either major tax increases or debilitating spending reductions.

by Ruth Marcus November 17, 2011

If justices wait until 2015 to decide part of the law’s constitutionality, serious disruptions could result.