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Opinion

  • Letter: Our elderly deserve affordable in-home care

    America’s elderly population has worked hard over the years to live the American dream. These individuals have worked long hours so they could afford a nice home. Most people retire around the age of 65 and the cost of prescriptions and doctors’ visits grow increasingly expensive. Gro...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, February 11, 2013 at 8:20 am

  • Letter: Beem is right for the wrong reasons

    Edgar Allen Beem occasionally supports a position with which I agree, most recently that the winner of a multi-candidate election should be chosen from the top three vote-getters in a run-off election when no one gets over half the vote. His primary reason for this position is that he doesn't lik...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, February 11, 2013 at 8:10 am

  • Letter: If you can't win, change the rules

    I read Edgar Allen Beem's column on ranked-choice voting, and it came as no surprise. If you read his column carefully, here is the reason for RCV: the Democrats lost last time, so they need to change the rules. The rest of the article is just spin. This is no surprise coming from the liberal sid...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, February 11, 2013 at 8:10 am

  • The Universal Notebook: Nothing healthy about health insurance

    Folks on the far-right fringe – tea partiers, libertarians, secessionists, etc. – were in open revolt against Obamacare until the Supreme Court told them what the rest of us already knew: the individual mandate is completely constitutional. While they were complaining that President O...

    Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
    Monday, February 4, 2013 at 12:30 pm

  • The View From Away: Gun control? First, control the rhetoric

    The gun control debate highlights my main deficiency as a lawyer. I did not have a moral objection to learning to talk out of both sides out of my mouth – that is, argue either side of a case. I did not have a problem billing my time by the hour. With that training, any halfway decen...

    Mike Langworthy • Opinion •
    Monday, February 4, 2013 at 11:40 am

  • Short Relief: Background checks, education, licenses won't curb the 2nd Amendment

    On my way down to New Jersey to pick up my mother for the holidays, I drove Interstate 84 past Newtown, Conn., where there was no joy this past holiday season. Once again, the combination of a high-powered firearm and a mentally ill person produced a bloody massacre. Anyone with an ounce o...

    Halsey Frank • Opinion •
    Monday, February 4, 2013 at 11:10 am

  • Letter: LePage funding plan supports education

    Edgar Allen Beem claimed Gov. Paul Lepage has shown nothing but contempt for public school teachers, students, administrators and schools (...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, February 4, 2013 at 10:20 am

  • Letter: Obama energy policy will hurt Mainers

    I’m wondering if politicians in Washington, D.C., know what it’s like up here in Maine? Folks are hunkering down for winter, filling their oil tanks and preparing to stay warm for a few months. But it’s not easy, not with the way oil prices have gone in recent years. What...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, February 4, 2013 at 10:00 am

  • Letter: In defense of Falmouth's business climate

    A frequent topic of discussion about Falmouth is whether our community is business friendly. The answer to that question is measured on a number of levels. First, the town staff is extremely responsive and helpful to business requests. In addition, the town has been engaged for some time in a tho...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, February 4, 2013 at 9:40 am

  • Letter: Mental illness, not guns, is the 'real problem'

    Edgar Allen Beem seems to think that taxing guns and ammo will do the job (The Universal Notebook, Jan. 21). Someone ought to tell...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, February 4, 2013 at 9:30 am
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