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America's economic policies need to be revised
Americans are engaged in vigorous debate about the size and role of government, from health care reform to rebooting our distressed economy. more
By Christopher St. John | 3/20/10 | 97 views
Orrington proposal poor environmental policy
The Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) must look at the science to resolve the debate over the final clean-up plan for the former HoltraChem site in Orrington. more
By John P. DeVillars | 3/20/10 | 29 views
SAT fails to define school value
Deer Isle-Stonington High School has recently been identified by the Maine Department of Education as a "persistently low-achieving" school as part of the department's application for federal Race to the Top funds. more
By Todd West | 3/19/10 | 120 views
Camp owners sacrificial lambs to conservation
A group of long-term camp owners fear they are being driven out of Grand Lake Stream as the result of an effort to save the wilderness for future generations. more
By Randy Spencer | 3/19/10 | 513 views
Maine must consider dental school to fight crisis
Maine has a looming dental health care crisis. If that comes as a surprise to you, it does not to thousands of Maine residents that suffer from one dental emergency to another. Maine has been on … more
Philip W. Higgins | 3/18/10 | 206 views
Busy doing nothing about ‘muddled class’
We’ve all watched in wonder, or perhaps disgust, as our politicians continue to perseverate and grandstand about their “concerns” for such macroeconomic abstractions as the growing federal debt … more
John Rockefeller | 3/17/10 | 627 views
Curb consumption of sugar
Efforts to improve health should be a major part of health care reform. One way of doing this is to promote better diets. People with healthful diets generally need much less health care, and … more
John Tjepkema | 3/16/10 | 486 views
Let's bring war dollars home
On Jan. 28, two people who inspired me died. more
By Ilze Petersons | 3/15/10 | 202 views
World population surge imperils environment
The ship Titanic, the crown jewel of the White Star Line, boasted as unsinkable by its owners and foolishly driven by them on that premise to its destruction, is a grave warning to mankind. more
By Kenneth Roy | 3/15/10 | 693 views
Measure could undermine state's biotech industry
Maine’s legislators are debating a measure, LD 821, that would require biopharmaceutical companies to “operate and finance the collection, transportation and disposal of unwanted drugs.” more
By Gary R. Goodrich and Paul R. Pescatello | 3/13/10 | 265 views
Public option is what the country needs
After a full year of debate, it's time to do something about health care reform. more
By Susan Goodwillie Stedman | 3/13/10 | 899 views
A measure that ensures treatment
People affected by persistent mental illness, although challenged, can and do live lives of great value and purpose. Denying them access to necessary services is biased, unnecessary and wrong. more
By David S. Proffitt | 3/12/10 | 735 views
The meaning behind Deer Isle’s message to Michaud
Deer Isle town meeting day was March 1. Two thirds of those at the Deer Isle Town Hall on this picturesque island of 2,400 lobstermen, artists, tradesmen and “from-awayers” took their stand: … more
By Dud Hendrick
Special to the BDN | 3/11/10 | 295 views
Wind power has benefits for Maine and its families
One cool summer morning in Chain of Ponds Township, I realized just how important wind power is to me, my family and our state. Every Tuesday morning, Reed & Reed conducted a safety meeting with … more
By Glenn Adams
Special to the BDN | 3/11/10 | 658 views
Penalizing towns cannot be justified
The Legislature, at the urging of the commissioner of education and the governor, still want to penalize Maine towns that have chosen not to consolidate into large school districts. Even now, when … more
Gordon Donaldson | 3/10/10 | 537 views
No Tea Party - '60s counterculture link
That was an interesting article by Jim Spencer and Curtis Ellis “From Woodstock to the Tea Party” (BDN Feb. 27-28). However, being a baby boomer myself, I would like to comment further on the subject of the Tea Party Nation. more
By Tom Newman | 3/9/10 | 801 views
Follow Buffet’s lead — support Camp CaPella
“Dana, this is Doris Buffett. I’ll be at Camp CaPella in 20 minutes!” That’s how one of the most influential business families in the country today does their business of philanthropy — … more
Dana Mosher | 3/8/10 | 136 views
Government needs to fix problems it creates
Sometimes I wonder if government recognizes the unintended consequences of regulation. Sometimes I wonder if they even care. We have all read the stories of the effects the economy, the bailouts and … more
By Jason Levesque | 3/6/10 | 452 views
What’s bad about wind power? More than just noise
Recently Gov. John Baldacci scoffed at the Citizens’ Task Force on Wind Power when we asked him to issue a moratorium on industrial wind power projects until adequate noise regulations are … more
By Monique Aniel and Steve Thurston | 3/6/10 | 1073 views
Cell phones aren’t dangerous, don’t need labels
The Maine Legislature is currently considering putting “warning” labels on cell phones. Cell phones do not need labels warning people about the harmful effects of electromagnetic radiation for … more
By George Markowsky | 3/5/10 | 365 views
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