Editorials - Portland Press Herald

Our View: Forest Avenue planwould improve neighborhoods

The people and businesses on the other side of Back Cove deserve well-designed streets.

by Bill Vaughan, a resident of Newcastle January 31, 2012

A columnist is twisting the truth when he calls Obama’s praise for teamwork militaristic.

The question is about civil rights in Maine, not the latest battle in a national culture war.

by The Dallas Morning News January 30, 2012

Republicans should not get in the way of a president who says he wants smaller government.

by ROBERT F. AMES January 29, 2012

The newspaper’s commentary furthers the divisive rhetoric by favoring one side.

The governor has proposed one way to fill a hole in the budget, but there are others.

Paul Violette should not be making a living on the backs of the people he ripped off.

By calling on men to get involved, the governor opens a new front in an old war.

It appears that the state treasurer is engaging in commerce, in violation of the state constitution.

by Los Angeles Times January 24, 2012

The Obama administration wants the courts to apply a 1996 law to a conviction from 1994.