Editorials:
U.N. inaction sanctions Burmese junta's actions
But for the efforts of some goodhearted citizens on North Pond, the song of one lone loon was almost stilled this week.
Columns:
THEODORA J. KALIKOW : The approaching winter will be our Hurricane Katrina
I didn't think I would be discussing energy anytime soon, since I just wrote a column about the issue. But then three things made me write more.
BUDDY DOYLE OF GARDINER : New administration must lead nation back to its finest values
The pre-eminent role of our government today should be to re-invent itself. There exists no confidence in government to accomplish much of anything. Witness Congress, currently vacationing. The solutions to our pressing issues -- the economy, global squabbling, employment, health care -- are futile if we fail to diffuse the bitterness and division. That's Job No. 1.
PAUL R. LEPAGE : Voters must elect strong leaders who will solve nation's problems
What should candidates be talking to us about this election?
Letters to the Editor:
Bush's posturing at Russia is appalling, ridiculous
Thanks to Kevin Morrissey for his letter, "Bush telling Russia to leave Georgia hypocritical," (Aug. 19) about George Bush telling Russia it can't invade another country whenever it wants to.
Taxpayers aren't getting entire Educare story
The choice for an Educare site in Maine between Portland and Waterville will be made by Aug. 29.
What exactly are McCain's foreign policy credentials?
The Gospel According to St. McCain trumpets his expertise on foreign policy. Pundits dutifully parrot those claims, turning them into conventional wisdom.
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OPINIONS SPECIAL PROJECTS
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. Not Thoreau. 150 years ago he ventured into Maine's woods. The high drama of the nature Thoreau encountered made its way into the equally dramatic prose of his book, “The Maine Woods.” We mark the 150th anniversary of Thoreau’s 1857 trip as well as the legacy of this transcendentalist, nature lover and, as author Ted Williams writes, contrarian who loved Maine in its wildest and most rugged incarnations.
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SPECIAL REPORT: Hunger Series
"For I was hungry," a seven-part editorial series, documents the depth and breadth of hunger in Maine, from the dramatic increase in food pantries to the thousands of children who come to school hungry to the elderly with bare cupboards.
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CHANGING OUR OPINION PAGES
You've asked for a greater range of opinions. More voices from the full political spectrum. More local voices. More space for more Reader Opinions. We've heard you.
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