Editorials
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PublishedJuly 14, 2011
Our View: Mainers think their summers are perfect (to prepare for winter)
A midsummer night's dream hereabouts is filled with thoughts of – adding insulation?
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PublishedJuly 13, 2011
Our View: Other states want to play shell game, so let them pay for it
What's an extra one-eighth of an inch worth? Lobster dealers should decide, and charge for it.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2011
Our View: Maine prison warden’sland buy void, but how did it occur?
Sometimes government officials get involved in "the appearance of a conflict of interest," where a deal that would be normal for others without their level of influence raises suspicion in their case that something might not be on the up-and-up.<br><br> And then there's something worse: plain old real conflicts of interest, where an official clearly does something prohibited by rules or laws.<br><br> According to Maine Attorney General William J. Schneider, that second case is what happened when the warden of the Maine State Prison, Patricia Barnhart, bought some property in Thomaston from the Maine Bureau of General Services or far less than its assessed value.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2011
Our View: Despite all the rhetoric, debt limit isn’t the issue
Everything the federal government does is the issue, and it won't be settled by Aug. 2.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2011
Our View: Hello, tower, this is Flight 92, is anybody awake down there?
FAA officials have been told what the best remedy for drowsiness is, but they rejected it.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2011
Our View: School leaders who altered scores lack any ethics
The outrageous scandal apparently affected the Atlanta, Ga., system from top to bottom.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2011
Our View: Overall, Legislature gets a solid grade of B
Our report card says it wasn't an outstanding session, but many parts were above average.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2011
Our View: Kotzschmar Organ deserves shot at renewal
Portlanders own the nation's first municipal organ, so let them decide on fixing it up.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2011
Our View: Saying goodbye to shuttle not a farewell to the future
For all its glory, tragedy and sacrifice, its chapter is over -- but the story will continue.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2011
Our View: Casey Anthony is ‘not guilty,’ not ‘innocent’
Once again, our justice system worked the way it was designed to work – justly.
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