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Opinion

  • Letter: Beem trips over the competitive edge

    I was flabbergasted by Edgar Allan Beem’s latest fantasy regarding the ineffectiveness of competition ("Cooperate or perish," April...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, April 8, 2013 at 9:40 am

  • Letter: Falmouth shopper did the right thing

    April 6 at Wal-Mart I inadvertently left my purse in the shopping cart in the parking lot. I did not discover this until two days later, I drove right over and asked at the desk if anyone had turned my purse in. To my great relief a customer found the purse in the shopping cart and turned it in w...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, April 8, 2013 at 9:20 am

  • Letter: Help mark South Portland school's anniversary

    Frank I. Brown Elementary School is having its 75th Anniversary. We would like former Brown School students, teachers or principals to send in any class photos or letters with memories from the time they attended or taught at Brown School. Please send your information to

    • Opinion •
    Monday, April 8, 2013 at 8:50 am

  • Letter: Tax increases stifle U.S. energy companies

    The president is talking about reducing the federal deficit without crippling the budget – great promises on an extremely important issue. However, instead of talking about spending cuts, he’s attacking the oil and gas industry and planning to raise taxes on energy companies.

    • Opinion •
    Monday, April 8, 2013 at 8:40 am

  • The View From Away: Saving Canadian television, missing Portland

    The Canadian adventure has begun. That is my catchphrase for these next few months working on a sitcom in Toronto. It was between “Canadian adventure” and “Operation Save Canadian Television.” I opted for the one less likely to start a discussion with my wife about ...

    Mike Langworthy • Opinion •
    Monday, April 1, 2013 at 11:30 am

  • The Universal Notebook: Cooperate or perish

    Have you noticed the propensity of television producers to turn everything into a game these days? Other than the occasional "Jeopardy," I don’t watch any of the popular programs based on contests between people vying for everything from who can lose the most weight to who will becom...

    Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
    Monday, April 1, 2013 at 10:20 am

  • Short Relief: Charter school rivalry does education a disservice

    I attended private schools in New York and New Jersey. My wife attended public schools in Maryland. We both went on to private colleges and graduate schools. She’s smarter and more accomplished. You can draw your own conclusions about what that says about the relative virtues of a public ve...

    Halsey Frank • Opinion •
    Monday, April 1, 2013 at 10:00 am

  • Letter: Don't sacrifice nutrition in Scarborough schools

    I work as a kitchen manager for the Scarborough School Nutrition Program. I know from my 15 years working in this district that the town of Scarborough takes great pride in its schools and the education it offers to your children. The School Board is proposing severe cuts to the wages and benefit...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, April 1, 2013 at 9:40 am

  • Letter: Fed up with the president's vacation habits

    Once again our illustrious president sees fit to go on another vacation golfing in Florida with Tiger Woods to the paltry tune of $1 million. It makes me feel so good when he has no conscience about spending this money on himself and has the audacity to tell us to inflate our tires to save money....

    • Opinion •
    Monday, April 1, 2013 at 9:30 am

  • Letter: Disappointed with Collins' stance on tar sands

    I am a retired high school science teacher who has followed climate science for the past 40 years. I write to express my disappointment with Sen. Susan Collins' vote to endorse the Keystone tar sands pipeline. My question for her is: Do you believe in climate science as presented by the overwhelm...

    • Opinion •
    Monday, April 1, 2013 at 9:10 am
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