Editorials - Portland Press Herald

Our view: Governor discredited by his own anti-media tirade

Gov. LePage’s unwarranted attack makes him come off looking like a bully, not a leader.

Even Ronald Reagan realized that sometimes the government should increase taxes.

This program could have a positive impact on students, if they plan to go to college or not.

The new designer drug has a less-than-threatening name that hides its real danger.

Portland and other communities should look for creative ways to keep programs funded.

We don’t need to wait until Aug. 2 to find out what effect a failure to agree on raising the debt ceiling will have — it’s already happening.

Uncertainty over what Congress and the president will do or not do is throwing cold water on an economic recovery that is already losing steam.

If LePage wants to help the groundfishing industry in Portland, actions, not words, matter.

The debt limit crisis is preventing necessary action that would improve the U.S. economy.

Instead, he tries to fix the blame for inaction on others, and looks ahead to Election Day.

In seeking to defend ourselves better, we have to remember what it is we are defending.