Enacting sweeping health-care reforms is a hot topic in the nation’s capital, but Congress should think twice before imposing wholesale change on the rest of the country. We in Washington state have direct and unpleasant experience with what happens when starry-eyed government leaders decide to enact radical reforms that go in the wrong direction. The […]

Perry Morneau, a former player with Junior Major hockey circuits in Canada, wrote that Lewiston shouldn’t try to host the soon-to-be-former Sherbrook Castors (Feb. 13). Part of his reasoning is that it didn’t work in the past. I would like to point out that this is Portland’s second try at hockey as well, and they […]

AUSTIN, Texas – Before we all work ourselves into such righteous snits we can’t even talk to one another anymore, let’s see what we can agree on. Wanting to get rid of Saddam Hussein does not make anyone a bloodthirsty monster or a tool of the oil companies. Being worried to death about the consequences […]

By Brooks Yeagermericans are right to be concerned about national security, which must continue to be our first priority until the war on terrorism is won. But that security will not be enhanced by looking for it in the wrong places or by using it as a pretext for partisan gain.This is exactly what is […]

merican television viewers recently received the dubious treat of television commercials telling them that if they drive SUVs, they support terrorists.The ads, created by such renowned terrorism experts Arianna Huffington and the producer of the film “Pulp Fiction,” claimed that SUV drivers support terrorism because America imports oil from the Middle East.Although the commercials were […]

The answer for people who need medicines is coverage, not price controls. With all due respect, you are dead wrong when you cite the myth that the pharmaceutical industry “is significantly subsidized by taxpayers” (Jan. 22).The National Institutes of Health, the federal government’s premier biomedical research agency, found in a July 2001 report that only […]

HALABJA, Iraq – If crimes against humanity were sufficient reason to oust Saddam, you could find all the necessary evidence in this shabby town.Set in a beautiful valley, with fields of wheat ringed by craggy, snow-topped mountains, Halabja has a history of horror. It is symbolized by a memorial statue in the middle of the […]

With all the negative news in the media today, it is nice to see a local municipality doing something to acknowledge “”good deeds”” committed by people in the community. The Brunswick Police Department is starting to give out commemorative coins to people who have done good deeds. They are also giving these coins out in […]

Since casinos are eventually going to be part of Maine’s business and economy, I, for one, would like to see the city of Lewiston campaign to have one here in the city. The land where the Libby Mill stood would be a great spot to build one and the tax relief and the prosperity that […]

Let me tell you, jai alai is one manly game, and I should know! I decided to take up a sport. I’m 55 years old, and it’s time I did something good for my body, other than occasionally burp it.But which sport? A lot of men my age play golf, but as far as I […]