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Opinion

Politicians should stick to their duties

Tragedies occur. A Maine lobsterman falls overboard, a snowmobiler goes through the ice or a swimmer never emerges from the lake. But what we have never seen at the location of any similar tragedy are federal employees sent by members of Congress to relay news to their own friends and fami... 6

Editorial Board • Our View • Friday, May 25, 2012
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Columns & Analysis

Austin Bay: Greeks looking for an economic do-over

Greece wants two mulligans —  like a golfer demanding a second chance, a do-over tee shot, times two. The immediate and obvious mulligan is a new national election. The teed-off Greek electorate teed up on May 6, but fractious voters produced a scattershot result. No single part...

Austin Bay • Columns & Analysis • Friday, May 25, 2012

Leonard Pitts: Election tactics are pathetic

"I, too, sing America." So wrote Langston Hughes, the unofficial poet laureate of the Harlem Renaissance. Hughes, whose 65 years spanned the lynch mobs of the early 20th century and the race riots of the mid-1960s, intended a defiant reminder to a nation too often content to include him ou... 1

Leonard Pitts Jr. • Columns & Analysis • Thursday, May 24, 2012

Cal Thomas: Fable provides apt lesson for us all

In the Aesop Fable "The Grasshopper and the Ant," there are moral, economic and political lessons for our time, or any other. As the story goes, the lazy grasshopper wiles away his summer days singing and hopping and having an all-around good time while industrious ants work and march and ... 1

Cal Thomas • Columns & Analysis • Wednesday, May 23, 2012

David Sirota: Republican hypocrisy is downright offensive

One of the most overused metaphors in a writer's arsenal is the one about "walking and chewing gum at the same time." As a hiker and Big League Chew enthusiast, I particularly hate this cliche. Nonetheless, I feel it is fitting right now because it so perfectly summarizes the argument being made ... 1

David Sirota • Columns & Analysis • Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Street Talk: The Rest of the Story

So you think you know Lewiston. You subscribe to the local news feeds. You keep your ear on the police scanner and you never miss one of Ernie Edwards downtown photos on Facebook. Way to go, Cronkite. But I'm telling you, you're only getting half the picture. The fun half is typically miss... 1

Mark LaFlamme • Lewiston-Auburn • Tuesday, May 22, 2012
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