VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: No easy answer for release of captured Israelis

Editorials

Published
October 24, 2011

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: No easy answer for release of captured Israelis

During centuries of exile and wandering, the Jewish people have, sadly, accumulated immense experience with extortion and abductions. Wherever they went, Jews tended to excel but, unfortunately, often lacked the means to defend the fruits of their labor. Too often they became easy prey for kidnappers.
Published
October 24, 2011

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: GOP renews attack on reproductive rights

Only a tiny sliver of Planned Parenthood activities is tied to abortion, and no federal money can be spent on the procedure. But this limitation isn't good enough. The organization -- and an estimated 5 million low-income women served by Title X -- must be cut off.
Published
October 23, 2011

OUR OPINION: More benefits than drawbacks from Question 2 racinos

In a perfect world, with a thriving economy, with jobs plentiful, with unemployment a temporary setback rather than a way of life, would anyone embrace gambling as an economic lifeline?
Published
October 23, 2011

OUR OPINION: Lewiston casino could derail economic growth

Just as government critics conjure images of bureaucrats shoveling money into a furnace, gambling advocates paint portraits of needing wheelbarrows to spread the money collected from dice, slots and cards around a community.
Published
October 21, 2011

OUR OPINION: Pharmaceutical drug abuse costs lives, money

Substance abuse in Maine is estimated to cost the state $1.18 billion per year, but the human cost can't be tallied.

Published
October 20, 2011

OUR OPINION: State property sales should be open to bidders

While we're still shaking our heads over the news that Maine State Prison Warden Patricia Barnhart bought three state-owned houses in Thomaston for a bargain price and that the public wasn't notified that the properties were up for sale or offered a chance to bid, we learn this: That kind of transaction is not only common, it's the norm.
Published
October 19, 2011

OUR OPINION: Radical groups fill void of Occupy protests’ lack of focus, goals

There are a number of ways to view the "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrators whose protests have multiplied in many places across the country and around the world.
Published
October 19, 2011

OUR OPINION: All nonprofits vital to creation of jobs in Maine

The Maine Association of Nonprofits is feeling steamed after being informed by the governor's office that it's entitled only to alternate seating at Gov. Paul LePage's upcoming job creation summits.
Published
October 18, 2011

OUR OPINION: Who knew it? Maine’s a bastion of bipartisanship

It was a heartwarming story -- inspirational, in fact, in a "you've got to be kidding me" sort of way. If we didn't know better, we would have to conclude that members of Maine's Legislature are engaged in a veritable bipartisan lovefest.
Published
October 17, 2011

VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: ‘Privacy laws never envisioned smartphones

Privacy laws in the United States need an upgrade. Rapid advances in cellphones and computers are outstripping the ability of old laws to protect our personal lives.

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