There’s nothing wrong with saying how we want nutrition assistance money to be spent.
Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
Our View: The ‘gun show loophole’ puts guns in wrong hands
A Portland murder investigation is stopped cold by the lack of an ownership paper trail.
Another View: Google is not stacking searches to freeze out other companies
The company has critics who say the results are manipulated, but the FTC says it is clean.
Our View: Congress should not use debt ceiling as hostage
Creating phony financial crises to gain leverage in negotiations is no way to govern.
Another View: Anti-NCAA suit hurts both Penn State, victims
Pennsylvania’s governor should not be trying to get the university out from under sanctions.
Another View: Lack of demand, not high tax rates, slows the economy
Until the middle class is thriving, there will be little in the way of investment and growth.
Our View: Legislature should focus on growing the economy
A good place to start would be to build on the things that make people want to move here.
Another View: Too many guns is the opposite of freedom in a free society
What good is the right to bear arms if we all have to protect ourselves from their misuse?
Our View: Snowe a tireless fighter for sensible government
Maine’s retiring senator wrote her own chapter in the state’s political history.
Our View: Strange PR strategy in LePage’s canned videos
The straight-talking governor likes it better when the questions come from his own staff.