Opinion

The Universal Notebook: My media bias

Last month, the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press released a survey that showed that 60 percent of Americans believe the press is politically biased. That's 78 percent of Republicans, 62 percent of Independents, and 50 percent of Democrats. Just two years ago, only 39...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, October 26, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Probing Politics: Excess, excise and TABOR II

"Government should grow at the same rate as the economy," according to Christopher "Kit" St. John, executive director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy, speaking in opposition to TABOR II at Policy Soundings, a forum for state and national issues. It seems to reflect a... 2

Tony Payne • Opinion •
Monday, October 26, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Global Matters: Drug abuse of a different kind

There comes a moment when you realize you've crossed over into another "demographic," when it hits you that you're no longer as young as you think you are, or as young as you feel. You discover that while you may think you're 39 years old, the world knows you're, well, not. There's...

Perry B. Newman • Opinion •
Monday, October 26, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Letter: Cancer society thanks Bath, Brunswick

On behalf of the American Cancer Society, I would like to thank the Bath/Brunswick community for its generosity and support of the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on Sunday, Oct. 18. More than 200 walkers and volunteers participated, and we raised close to $45,000 t...

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Monday, October 26, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Letter: McKane says Innes' defense fails

After reading Rep. Melissa Walsh Innes' letter last week defending her vote on my bill, LD 290, I feel I must set the record straight. I put this bill in for my constituents who have consistently asked my why they can't buy health insurance out-of-state as they can other forms of insurance. What I r...

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Monday, October 26, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Letter: Freeport needs athletic fields

Freeport is in desperate need of playing fields. We have only three full-size fields for all of the recreational, club and school teams in the fall and spring. The surrounding towns have, at the least, seven fields available for a similar number of teams. Often in Freeport up to four teams are si...

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Monday, October 26, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Letter: Reward Snowe's independence

Sen. Olympia Snowe did something pretty extraordinary: she voted for a bill on its merits, after careful consideration, because she saw a serious problem that needed to be dealt with. Our senator bucked the urge to leverage political advantage, and voted for the Finance Committee bill on health care...

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Monday, October 26, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Letter: Beem misunderstands 'marriage'

The problem with Edgar Allen Beem's argument in "The Bible is not the law of the land" is in the second sentence. He "assumes" that opposition to same-sex marriage is biblical in nature and related to homosexuality. It is not. This is a straw man he has constructed in order to kn... 3

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Monday, October 26, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Letter: Care to vote for South Portland dog ban

I think members of the SoPo Dog group are very selfish about Willard Beach. They care only about their own and their dogs' social lives. They don't care about all of the people who have been bitten by dogs. They don't care about the 82-year-old woman who was knocked down by a dog. S... 2

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 11:10 am
Letter: Pine Point decision colors vote

I would like to ask the Scarborough Town Council to please stop the process of closing the end of the Pine Point Road. I understand the deeds have not been finalized. So many people depend on that road to view the shore. I use it every day and many other seniors do. There must be a way to continue...

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 10:20 am