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PublishedJuly 10, 2011
COMMENTARY: Would flat tax benefit U.S.?
As we celebrated the 235th anniversary of our independence this Fourth of July, it's important to remember that unfair taxation was a key cause of our revolution.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2011
COMMENTARY: Would flat tax benefit U.S.?
Over the past decade or so, China's policy of export-led growth has triggered double-digit economic gains, leading some commentators to predict that the Chinese economy -- already second-largest in the world -- would soon eclipse our own.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2011
COMMENTARY: Role of faith in America’s founding
Was America founded as a Christian nation? This is one of the most heated historical debates in America today, with its implications reverberating from prayers at high school graduations to Ten Commandments monuments on courthouse lawns.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2011
MAINE COMPASS: Medicaid block grant funding is a poor choice for Maine
The Medicaid Block Grant funding resolution proposed by House Republicans is detrimental to Maine's elderly and individuals with special needs.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2011
COMMENTARY: Poison ivy has admirably held its own against humans for centuries
I still remember the moment in my childhood in which I lost all faith in the innocent purity of plants. One day, I was a carefree adolescent at summer camp, exploring the leafy woods with my fellow campers. A couple of days later, I was an illustration for a medical textbook. "The worst case of poison ivy I've ever seen!" the camp nurse told the other staffers as she trotted me and my dime-sized blisters around for inspection.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2011
MAINE COMPASS: Helping Maine’s most vulnerable obtain affordable, quality care
L.D. 1333, health reform signed into law in May, helps protect Maine's most vulnerable populations. Unlike past efforts, L.D. 1333 effectively serves these populations by addressing the critical issue of affordability.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2011
MAINE COMPASS: Audacity of Hope vs. fear, anger in Middle East
I was 5 years old in 1947 when an old friend of my family from Germany came, as she often did from New Rochelle, N.Y., to spend a few days with us in Brunswick.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2011
COMMENTARY: 5 MYTHS: 50 years from moon goal to last shuttle flight
This year marks the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's speech announcing plans to send Americans to the moon -- and marks the end of the space shuttle program.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2011
COMMENTARY: The dollar Americans refuse to spend
Generally getting Americans to spend money is not a problem. The problem is that they spend too much, often borrowing to do it. We are an unashamedly consumerist society.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2011
MAINE COMPASS: Lawmakers from both parties can be proud of their work for Mainers
The accomplishments of the 125th Legislature are nothing short of extraordinary. What began in January with questions about what course the new Republican majority would take ended with clarity about Maine's new direction.
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