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Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
Our View: Legislative changestake toll on Clean Election
Removing the matching funds provision without replacing it weakens the system.
Another View: Instead of ‘Buffett Rule,’ bring jobs back to U.S.
After reading many opinions on the “Buffett Rule” and reading Warren Buffett’s comments that he would be happy to pay higher taxes and that wealthy people should be taxed at a higher rate than they are currently taxed, I have a suggestion. Why don’t these wealthy businessmen bring their businesses back to the United States […]
Another View: Even on ‘Sesame Street,’ political ads can play
An appeals court ruling finds that public broadcasters should allow political ads.
Our View: Politics would improve without these words
Wanting heads chopped off and people to be hanged should be images we avoid.
Another View: Cuba at summit? Like asking skunk to party
Democracies welcoming a dictatorship would betray their ideals and its oppressed people.
Another View: Editorial off the mark in support for wind power
Reality doesn’t live up to the industry’s claims about the value of investing in green energy.
Our View: Republicans fail to honor their word
Republicans took a vote to undermine a budget compromise that they had supported.
Another View: Meet the new North Korean boss, same as the old one
Kim Jong Un pledges to make his military stronger, while his people still starve.
Our View: Don’t let ‘look and listen’ become just ‘look’
Reality can be shut out by headphones, but it doesn’t ever go away.