Journal Tribune Opinion
What’s up in March?
The month of March is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It also used to be the first month of the year. For us in the northern hemisphere, March always marks the beginning of spring. This year that will happen exactly at 6:45 p.m. on Friday the 20th. That important moment can be […]
Editorial Roundup
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers around New England: The Bennington (Vt.) Banner, Feb. 23: Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, at a recent campaign event for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, declared that President Barack Obama does not love America. As The New York Times noted, this was not an isolated outburst, for Giuliani […]
GOP scrambles to keep Obamacare subsidies flowing in case of Supreme Court victory
What happens if Republicans win the Supreme Court case against Obamacare? They might end up like the dog that caught the car. This week the court will hear oral arguments in King v. Burwell, the case challenging the payment of Obamacare subsidies through the federal exchanges. If the justices bar the payment of subsidies through […]
Sustainable energy sources need to be on the table
This month is the 50th anniversary of a directive given by President Lyndon Johnson to the United States Congress to do something about the alarming build-up of radioactive materials and carbon dioxide emissions. Although concerns about radioactive materials appears to be on the back burner due to the enormous costs of the nuclear industry, we […]
Great music!
As many of you know I am from the Midcoast region of our wonderful state. One of the characteristics I found most appealing was that there was quite a bit of local musical talent, and as a result, many opportunities for listening, relishing wonderful music performed and often created by local people. When I first […]
Cutting Medicare funding doesn’t make sense
Again? Hard to believe, but having been defeated year after year, proposals to implement drastic cuts to the Medicare Savings Program (MSP) and the Drugs for the Elderly (DEL) have been reintroduced as part of the Governor’s 2015 budget proposal. The argument is that those funds should be diverted to some other programs for our […]
ISIS poses no realistic threat to the US
It’s the Ebola panic all over again. Except they’re calling it ISIS this time. OMG! OMG! We’re all going to die! Cable TV news networks won’t be happy until they’ve got the whole country hiding in the basement, glued to Wolf Blitzer’s lugubrious team of terrorism experts warning of theoretical, if not downright imaginary, threats […]