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Don't Mess With American Ingenuity PDF Print E-mail
By Douglas E. Schoen

What if I told you that labor unions, small-business associations, drug companies, physicians' groups, prominent academics, and the Bush administration were all lined up against a major piece of federal legislation currently winding its way through congress?
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What did the Bypass Task Force decide? PDF Print E-mail
by Honor Fox Sage, President
Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association


We are writing to clarify any misunderstanding that newspaper coverage of the June 26 Bypass Task Force meeting might have created.  It suggested that the group had arrived at consensus on a bypass route, the northern N2a route that the Maine Department of Transportation had earlier identified as the one it preferred.  But the procedure that was followed at the meeting actually left unanswered the question of what was the first, or at least the compromise preference of the individual members.
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Obama’s Shift to the Center PDF Print E-mail
by Desi Shiran
Coastal Journal contributor


Some are critical of Obama because he says that visiting Iraq, consulting with Generals and troops on the ground might influence his opinions. Would it be better if he stated that no facts, and no opinion, no matter how well-informed, will ever cause him to modify his position on Iraq? Do we really want a leader with the mindset, "I've said what I said and that settles it once and for all."? Obama prefers a timetable for troop withdrawal. That preference puts him at odds with the Republican establishment that equates a timetable with surrender.
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