Provides the latest RSS feeds for US Editorials. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Maine Mirror.com http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/cat/09c0947bd4eaa867/ en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 20:17:10 -0400 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:17:10 -0400 30 It would eliminate the need for more complex regulations. Perhaps the best way to view the world's largest banks is not as companies, but as nations unto themselves.Like rogue states, they profit from their ability to wreak havoc on the world, borrowing for less because lenders know that governments wouldn't dare let them collapse.And like opportunistic governments, they are brilliant ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214620096/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:07:12 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214620096/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Plan would hurt consumers, slow economic growth and diminish America's standing in the global financial system. The financial services industry plays a vital role in fueling businesses to expand and create jobs, helping our economy to grow. At the same time, Americans should know that no institution should be too big to fail and that taxpayers should never again be put at risk in a future ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214620097/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:07:10 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214620097/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The world is worried about Syria. But the United States (or at least Washington) is more focused on Libya. Not about that country’s lawless disintegration in the post-Gadhafi era, but about Benghazi, and the timeline of events before, during and after four Americans were slain there last Sept. 11. What to some is modern media’s version of a smoking gun ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214619054/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 17:41:47 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214619054/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Ezekiel Allen’s weary voice and his long list of medical challenges - schizophrenia, a back injury, bipolar condition, high blood pressure, brain polyps, dental troubles, migraine headaches - make him sound far older than his 45 years. Homeless for a number of years, Allen didn’t see a doctor regularly for far too long. When the pain of his conditions became overwhelming, ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214619057/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 17:41:46 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214619057/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Here is a surprising hypothesis: The 2012 referendum that rejected labeling marriage as being only between one man and one woman in the state Constitution was not the real referendum that propelled gay marriage toward being legalized in Minnesota. The key vote came in 2010, disguised as a gubernatorial race. It was a multiple contest between three candidates -- Independence Party nominee Tom ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214619056/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 17:41:45 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214619056/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The Responsibility to Protect doctrine adopted by the United Nations guides the way. It feels like there’s renewed hope. The R2P doctrine offers a way ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214619055/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 17:41:43 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214619055/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 cosmic ray "hits" on the International Space Station and the landing the Curiosity rover perfectly on Mars are just the latest achievements space exploration has produced. But to be successful, America must fully utilize the ISS and prepare to explore new regions of the universe. This balance is essential to maximize our investment ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214617057/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 14:04:59 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214617057/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 I agree that for Initiative 502 to succeed, there must ultimately be one system ["Reconcile marijuana laws," Opinion, May 14]. The opponents of I-502 (most of them in the medical-pot community) need to understand that while they advanced the ball 10 steps, it was 15 steps that was needed for the war on drugs to end. And that while they are enjoying their members-only club, the rest of ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214614958/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 10:42:48 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214614958/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Olympia should say yes to implement tougher DUI laws. Lately the number of car crashes due to drunken driving has significantly increased. We are not just going to sit back and look at this situation worsening every day. Something must be done, and now is the moment. I agree with Jerry Large when he says the new legislation should increase sentences for DUI convictions, make the offense a felony ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214614574/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 09:52:55 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214614574/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Little has been done to revamp America’s housing-finance policy since rampant speculation and malleable regulations triggered the Great Recession. Now, writes Neal Peirce, a bipartisan commission has a plan to tackle this important ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214614198/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 09:01:27 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214614198/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 AFTER one of my readings last week for Seattle Reads, at Seattle Central Community College, a young man came up to me in the book-signing line and said, "It just happened on Monday." I waited a moment, and then asked, "What happened?" He was quiet for a while. Then he told me that his father had come out of the closet only three days before. It was hard to talk about. He was ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214614199/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 09:01:25 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214614199/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Most government workers are dedicated and talented, writes David Brooks. But the IRS scandal and Justice Department intrusion at The Associated Press are just the most recent examples of what happens when government worker ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214614200/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 09:01:22 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214614200/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Our view: A report to the university system regents makes clear that Coppin State needs to overhaul its academics, admissions and administration if it is to fulfill its ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214614201/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 08:49:00 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214614201/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The Peripatetic Coffin and Other Stories. I'd seen the movies before reading the stories -- Nicolas Roeg's masterful version of "Don't Look Now" featuring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie; and Alfred Hitchcock's strangely flat-footed and clunky version of "The Birds" -- so I thought I knew what to expect from Daphne du Maurier's fiction. I was, in ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214613523/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 07:29:25 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214613523/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 You'd think a school that recently set a record for private fundraising would pause to congratulate itself before launching the next annual campaign using the same successful methods. But the University of Colorado, coming off a record $228.6 million in private donations in 2011-12, has instead decided to revamp its fundraising apparatus from top to bottom. Good for CU. The decision reflects ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214612093/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:46:39 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214612093/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Everyone knows how quickly mobile phones have evolved in the past decade. Well, get ready for a similarly rapid evolution in "unmanned aerial systems" - or UASs. And if you don't like the acronym UAS, you can always call them drones. Chris Anderson, the longtime former editor of Wired magazine, said recently "we're starting to see the same effects kick in [with civilian ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611935/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:47:05 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611935/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 I thought the article that appeared in the Daily Herald on May 4th about David Gardner passing away was very inappropriate. Airing his "dirty ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611162/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:21:40 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611162/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 When people think of Medicaid, many assume it's for unemployed people who look to the government for health care coverage. But that's far ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611163/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:21:39 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611163/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Boarders and bikers should use bells or hornsIn response to the article 'Longboard issue in Provo Canyon heating up again', there's a simple solution to this problem that can accommodate everyone who uses the trail. Require bikers and boarders to have a bell or a horn and use it. Further, when it's not clear pedestrians have registered the presence of bikers or boarders, the ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611164/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:21:38 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611164/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 A letter to the editor in the Herald of Sunday, May 5th, strongly implies that "Joseph Smith Rough Stone Rolling" states that Porter Rockwell tried to kill Governor Boggs. On the contrary, the book states (p. 468), "Not until Rockwell was arrested, tried, and acquitted a year later would his innocence be proven."o Jim Reynolds, ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611165/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:21:37 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611165/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 It has been troubling to learn the details of the recent scandal involving the IRS. This is yet another telling indication of just how dangerous big government and large federal entities can be. In addition to being unethical and illegal, these abuses by the IRS very well may have also affected the results of multiple elections to include our most recent presidential election. I fear these ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611166/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:21:36 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611166/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Contrary to the headline and story line of Tuesday's front page article, the issue of allowing homosexuals in scouting is not really about equality. If it were, then gays should be willing and desirous of becoming equal to the traditional high values and standards that scouting currently requires and encourages. It should not be about changing and lowering the traditional standards to their ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611167/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:21:34 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611167/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 I read with personal interest the front page article in the Daily Herald of May 9 entitled "UTA to move proposed bus stop." The supposed solution is to have the present temporary bus stop location at 900 North and 850 East, with minor modifications, become the permanent solution as this was acceptable to citizens of Provo, UTA and Brigham Young University.I saw no reference to UTA ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611168/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:21:33 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611168/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 So Jason Chaffetz thinks impeachment is appropriate for the President when it comes to the Benghazi attacks (May 14, 2013).Does he think George W. Bush should have been impeached for these attacks on U.S. missions in foreign countries that resulted in the loss of American lives while he was president?2002 Karachi, Pakistan 122004 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 22006 Damascus, Syria 42008 Belgrade, Serbia ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611169/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:21:32 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611169/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Nazi Germany ended in military defeat in 1945. The Soviet Union ended in political collapse in 1991. Both nations used concentration camps that resulted in the deaths of millions. Few camps in the USSR were designed to be actual death camps, but the same millions died from 1918 to about 1960. They were victims of cold, hunger, disease and also bullets. Both camp systems required staffing in the ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611171/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:19:46 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611171/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 It's not often I agree with columnist Richard Davis, but I concur with the BYU professor regarding the need for Utah Attorney General John Swallow to be the subject of a special investigation or even impeached ("Cloud over Swallow needs to be resolved soon," May 15). There is enough smoke swirling around the embattled official to reasonably believe there is also some fire that ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611172/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:19:46 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611172/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thomas Cobb's unique collection of 29 snakes, which is kept in a special room in his Cottonwood Heights basement, is in jeopardy. He has been cited for failing to have an exotic pet permit and given one week to get rid of all but one snake. He has spent more than two decades amassing his private collection and prides himself in being a good snake owner. Each snake costs about ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611170/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:19:45 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611170/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, gestures as he speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Friday, May 17, 2013, to discuss sexual assaults in the military and the promotion of Lt. Gen. Curtis "Mike" Scaparrotti to command U.S. troops in South Korea, among other ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611174/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:19:44 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611174/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 President Barack Obama speaks on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday May 15, 2013. Obama announced the resignation of Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, the top official at the ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611173/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:19:44 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611173/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 WASHINGTON — Note to GOP re Benghazi: Stop calling it Watergate, Iran-Contra, bigger than both, etc. First, it might well be, but we don't know. History will judge. Second, overhyping will only diminish the importance of the scandal if it doesn't meet presidency-breaking standards. Third, focusing on the political effects simply plays into the hands of Democrats desperately ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611175/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:19:43 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611175/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Across this great land, patriotic Americans are behaving subversively. We're quoting from our pocket Constitutions, starting reading groups to discuss our founding documents, even gathering together to "petition the government for a redress of grievances." Uncle Sam is not ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611176/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:19:42 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611176/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 In this March 28, 2012 file photo, supporters of health care reform rally in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on the final day of arguments regarding the health care law signed by President Barack ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611177/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:19:42 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214611177/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Native Detroiter and new Detroit Police Chief James Craig is returning to his hometown to accept his "dream job." His passion is welcome because he inherits a nightmare. Craig takes the reins of a Police Department haunted by low morale, a lack of transparency and federal consent decrees for chronic civil liberties abuse - all while fighting crime in America's most dangerous city, ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214610720/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:29:28 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214610720/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Prosperity is the greatest enemy of fiscal discipline. When fortunes begin to reverse, the urgency to cut spending, find savings and use resources more efficiently wanes. Both Michigan and the federal government are enjoying revenue windfalls thanks to the recovering economy. In Lansing, Gov. Rick Snyder finds himself with an unexpected $483 million budget surplus. And predictably, special ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214610721/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:29:28 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214610721/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 WASHINGTON - Note to GOP regarding Benghazi: Stop calling it Watergate, Iran-contra, bigger than both, etc. First, it might well be, but we don’t know. History will judge. Second, overhyping will only diminish the importance of the scandal if it doesn’t meet presidency-breaking standards. Third, focusing on the political effects simply plays into the hands of Democrats desperately ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214610205/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:24:07 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214610205/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 It’s been nine years since my moms made history as the first same-sex couple to get a marriage license in Massachusetts. And since ours was the first state in the U.S. to allow gay couples to marry, that historic license brought us a lot of attention.What it didn’t do, though, was make us a family - my parents had surged past that milestone long ago. By the time they married, when I ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214610204/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:24:07 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214610204/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 WASHINGTON - Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, this past week has been amusing. There was the spectacle of advocates of an ever-larger regulatory government expressing shock about such government’s large capacity for misbehavior. And, entertainingly, the answer to the question "Will Barack Obama’s ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214610206/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:24:06 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214610206/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sometimes it seems there's a deliberate attempt by bureaucrats to use language as off-putting as possible with the purpose of creating a wall of boredom that only the most determined or demented will take the time to penetrate. Exhibit A: the Congestion Mitigation Fee proposal being considered by Los Angeles County's transportation officials. This banal bureaucratic action with the ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214610207/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:23:59 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214610207/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Los Angeles voters go to the polls Tuesday for an important election, perhaps a historic election. By the time it's over, more than half of the citywide and City Council offices could be in new names. The change may be most dramatic at the top, where the mayoral runoff between Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti can give the nation's second-largest city its first woman mayor. The Los ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214610208/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:23:58 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214610208/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 President Thomas S. Monson and his wife, Frances, wave to the crowd after the Sunday morning session of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 181st Annual General Conference Sunday, April 3, 2011, in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Tom Smart, Deseret ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214609280/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:55:30 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214609280/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 For years, conservatives have pushed for a health-insurance model emphasizing catastrophic coverage. It works as follows: Consumers pay the cost of ordinary care, such as a checkup, a blood test or an eye exam. Insurance kicks in only for major crises - a heart attack, cancer requiring extensive treatment, a kidney transplant, intensive care for a newborn. The Affordable Care Act, also known as ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214608772/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:01:42 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214608772/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Shaquonica Johnson was comforted by fellow home-care worker Rochelle Turan while testifying at a hearing on the possible unionization of home-based care ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214606496/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:31:55 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214606496/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 One late Minnesota afternoon, as summer sanctified the northern latitudes, Secret Lake was inspirited with relentless light. Eleven days before the summer solstice - our seasonal pentecost - my wife, Pam, and I hiked down to the water, paddles in hand. It was 8:30 p.m., but the forest path was warm and enriched, sunlight still penetrating the canopy of leaves and needles at the edge of the bog. ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214605968/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:37:18 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214605968/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Mark Dayton signed the bill that makes same-sex marriage legal in Minnesota after Aug. 1. But this was supposed to be the tax reform session - or so I thought in January. Back then, DFLer Dayton cast himself as a tax-policy modernizer, willing to expend some personal political capital to retrofit the state tax code for today’s economy. In today’s economy, the rich get richer while ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214605967/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:37:17 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214605967/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 When groups representing educators discuss the achievement gap, they often say, "We know what works.’’ Far too often, though, that knowledge fails to produce results. Minnesota schools in general - ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214605966/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:37:16 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214605966/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 This handout released by the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority and the Minnesota Vikings shows the new Minnesota Vikings stadium in this rendering done by HKS Sports and Entertainment Group and released Monday, May 13, 2013. The yet-to-be-named facility, which will open in 2016 and replace the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis, will have a translucent roof and louvered front windows to let as ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214605965/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:37:15 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214605965/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Best Buy and other stores could be more expensive in the Twin Cities because of an additional sales tax. And the list goes on. Democrats promised that they were going to "tax the rich." But in the final few days of session, we're finding out that what they actually intend to do is tax nearly everybody and everything. Democrats have announced a plan to raise taxes and fees by ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214605964/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:37:15 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214605964/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton delivered his State of the State address before a joint session of the Minnesota Legislature in the House Chambers at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. on ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214605963/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:37:14 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214605963/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867