Editorials
McCain and the court Saturday, May 17, 2008 John McCain has done us all a favor in telling clearly what he would do with the federal court system if he should be elected president. He would continue President Bush's practice of nominating extreme conservatives to the Supreme Court and lower courts. |
Editorial: Ships and sealing wax Saturday, May 17, 2008 The Bush administration has stalled a plan to require ships to slow down to protect endangered Atlantic right whales because it says analysis of the rule’s economic impact were incomplete. It should give the same consideration to rules requiring changes in lobster gear. |
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<b>Kent Ward:</b> Springtime is a field freshly tilled Here in The County, nothing says "springtime" quite like a freshly worked farm field awaiting the sowing of today’s major crops — potatoes, broccoli, grain — that solidify the area’s cherished reputation as the garden spot of Maine. |
John F. Mahon: LURC is facing its tipping point The Land Use Regulation Commission deserves accolades for its recent approach to the massive Plum Creek proposal. |
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