Partisan fighting last year doomed a responsible bond plan. A deal reached last week by Democratic and Republican leaders shouldn’t be put at risk of the same fate.The two parties announced last week that they had reached agreement on a package of bonds that would invest $83 million to address crucial state needs. The deal […]

We have heard the argument, from both Democrats and Republicans – but especially Republicans – that President Bush is punishing Maine with the possible closing of three military bases in the state.Here are the two basic forms:• Because Sen. John Kerry carried Maine, the state is expendable to the president. He has no need to […]

Sudan is a failing, thug state, which has systematically allowed the rape, murder and forced expulsion of millions of people.On Thursday, the country gave the western world an up-close taste of its strong-arm tactics when aides and members of the press accompanying U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice were physically accosted during her meeting with […]

By James Jay Carafano,The Heritage Foundation Terrorists win by just being there. It’s the kind of sound-bite interviewers love. Short. Pithy. Seemingly profound. And, best of all, arresting: It paints terrorism as a frightening, irresistible force.There’s no shortage of freshly minted “terrorism experts” spouting lines like this on the talk shows, but there’s a problem. […]

Lewiston and Auburn have a problem at traffic intersections.During a six-month test, cameras at five intersections in the Twin Cities caught almost 5,000 cars running through red lights. That number is entirely too high.The cameras were placed as part of a pilot program to see if their presence would reduce the number of scofflaws barreling […]

Good news for hot dog and bikini enthusiasts.Katharine Schultze, The Hot Dog Lady, can keep her cart near Mousam Lake.In a compromise with the Shapleigh Board of Selectmen, first reported by the Portland Press Herald, Schultze can stay in business, but beginning next year she’ll have to move to the other side of the road.Problems […]

President Bush could have done a lot of things with his nominee to replace Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court.He could have sought a name that would inflame Democrats and engage the religious right. He could have sought a moderate in the mold of O’Connor. Or he could have nominated his friend and […]

In a little more than a month, a hopeful promoter and a desperate committee of volunteers will try to gather 5,000 people in Mexico for a fund-raising concert.If the plan works, the Moontide Water Festival will free itself from debt and secure the future of the July 4th celebration.If the plan fails, it could be […]

By Rob Richie and Ryan O’Donnell,Knight Ridder Newspapers Political junkies had a field day at the opening of this week’s annual meeting of the National Governors Association in Des Moines, Iowa. Everywhere you looked was a would-be presidential candidate.Govs. Romney, Pataki, Huckabee, Schweitzer, Barbour, Warner, Bush and Richardson are among those now gracing the pages […]

There are already enough walls in the world separating people from one another. We don’t need any more used as part of a marketing campaign to sell high-end real estate in southern Maine.The developer of a proposed gated, golf-course community in Wells touched a nerve with his remarks to the Associated Press.“People who can afford […]