Editorials

Published
January 31, 2011

Our View: Rule rollbacks give something for nothing

Businesses should have to say what's in it for Maine if we cut back environmental protection.
Published
January 30, 2011

Our View: Cutler Files a sorry blot on Maine’s tradition

Neither the perpetrators nor the investigators covered themselves in glory in this episode.
Published
January 30, 2011

Our View: Leaked memo puts governor’s intentions into question

Boasting that the bureaucracy will help Republican campaigns crosses a line.
Published
January 29, 2011

Another View: Germany’s quick recovery due to more than recent budget cuts

A column credits austerity measures but ignores socialist policies that helped the German economy.
Published
January 29, 2011

Our View: Lawmakers should not abandon law for Peaks

There is a process outlined in statute for secession. It should be followed in this case.

Published
January 28, 2011

Our View: Downtown train station a worthy subject for study

Trains can take you to the heart of the city, but only if that's where the station is built.
Published
January 28, 2011

Our View: Treasurer should not play politics with debt

Exaggerating Maine's pension problems could send the wrong message to investors.
Published
January 27, 2011

Our View: President’s addressa call to action on jobs

As our economy struggles to rebound from the worst recession since the Great Depression and our citizens yearn for a time in our not-so-distant past when jobs were plentiful, the president stepped to the plate and hit a rhetorical home run. The speech was uplifting and forward-looking, eloquent but restrained. There was no hint of showboating oratory, no mind-numbing laundry list of policy proposals, no emotional excessiveness contrived to put lumps in our throats.
Published
January 26, 2011

Our View: Lawmakers should savescholarship for rural docs

Every line item in the state budget is important to somebody, making it impossible to cut spending without some objection. Gov. Paul LePage's package of changes to balance the current budget, which runs through June, has about $25 million in cuts, including some that will draw criticism from the people involved. But it also has at least one cut that would affect a lot of people who don't know it and can't object. Those are the people of rural Maine who may not get adequate access to a physician's care in 2020 or beyond because shortsighted lawmakers tried to save some money by cutting a medical school scholarship program in 2011.
Published
January 26, 2011

Our View: Maine hunger coalition is a needed voice in policy arena

As demand on charitable services increases, it's important that groups get better organized.