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Editorials

Published
September 5, 2011

Another View: Bishop not ‘forcing’ his views, just saying what faith teaches

If legalized suicide is discussed, everyone has a right to say what society should do about it.
Published
September 5, 2011

Our View: Labor Day 2011 no occasion for celebration

The bad numbers are high and the good ones are low, with only a gleam of light on the horizon.
Published
September 4, 2011

Our View: 9/11 panel reports nation is still vulnerable

The group's call for dealing better with home-grown terrorists is echoed by Sen. Collins.
Published
September 4, 2011

Another View: Expedited wind permitting is solid energy policy for Maine

Just because critics file appeals doesn't mean that the projects shouldn't be approved.
Published
September 3, 2011

Another View: Columnist shows Republicans don’t serve everyone’s interests

The idea that GOP lawmakers should use their majority for party goals is narrow-minded.

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Published
September 3, 2011

Our View: Holding EPA’s smog rules until 2013 a wise move

President Obama looked at the nation's larger interests and came down on the right side.
Published
September 2, 2011

Our View: Obama’s jobs speech may involve politics, but its timing shouldn’t

Because Democrats and Republicans both made bad choices, the presidency was diminished.
Published
September 2, 2011

Our View: Space station out of reach? How did that happen?

Missions that carried humans to the moon, and unmanned probes that have contributed immensely to our familiarity with our sun's family of planets and moons, comets and asteroids, have greatly increased the sum of human knowledge.<br><br>Why is it that, seemingly almost overnight, we appear to have abandoned any effort to send people into space?
Published
September 1, 2011

Our View: Lessons learned from the demolition of Union Station

Historic buildings don't just give the city character, they also add to its bottom line.
Published
September 1, 2011

Our View: State took the right riskwith paper mill landfill

Sometimes you have to take a risk, and sometimes big risks pay off in a big way.<br /><br />That certainly looks like the result of the big chance Maine took this winter in regard to the Katahdin region paper mills in Millinocket and East Millinocket.<br><br>Facing the dismantling of the two mills, the permanent loss of hundreds of good manufacturing jobs and a way of life for a whole community, Gov. LePage and the Legislature gave . . .