The Associated Press Maine could be an ideal home for big computers
If a high-speed fiber-optic network is built through the state, opportunities for centers to process data would come.

Maine could be an ideal home for big computers
If a high-speed fiber-optic network is built through the state, opportunities for centers to process data would come.

Bellying up to environmentalism
The pollution produced by the meat industry makes the choice to be a vegetarian a profoundly political action.

Muhammad and the 'closure' myth
Does a sentence of death help the families of victims 'move on' with their lives? It may have the opposite effect, delaying or even preventing healing.

RICHARD L. CONNORSame-sex marriage fight doesn't stop here

Divisions outlive the Berlin Wall
Twenty years after Germany's reunification, stereotyping and fear color perceptions among both groups.

Hangin' with the out-crowd
Baby boomers seem to be getting nudged aside during the recession

Nobody wins in Afghan runoff vote
Karzai's concession to U.S. pressure for a new election makes him look weaker and likely helps the Taliban.

RICHARD L. CONNORLeadership followed by hypocrisy

Help wanted: Chief of Internet defense
The threats and the need for a government czar to guard the nation's cyber security are real.

Reality check for a 401(k)
The current sucker rally shouldn't lull people into thinking Wall Street has mended its ways.

Drop public option and get it done

Myths About Sin Tax on Soda
Lawmakers love to tout this tax as a way to fight obesity and lower health-care costs, but here's why their arguments are empty.

On energy, we're finally walking the walk
The U.S. is running on less oil and coal, reducing our carbon emissions and giving us more sway with other nations.

Workers need the Employee Free Choice Act
Employer intimidation tactics have denied Maine employees and others nationwide the right to union representation.

RICHARD L. CONNOR / OPINIONHealth care reform bill worth the risk

First cracks in the Curtain
The collapse of the Soviet Union got its start in Hungary, which had opened the gate to Austria for E. Germans.

Is Obama 'all in' on Afghanistan?
The president faces his first true foreign policy test as evidence warns that the war there is going badly.

Health care reform tests America

JIM KEYSERRejecting a gratuitous war photo

Keep your self-righteous fingers off my precious processed food
Zealous intellectuals want us to spend more for the basics when many of us are happy to eat whatever's on sale.

Kennedy's legacy is one of hope

Reshaping diplomacy
Hillary Clinton makes profound changes in U.S. foreign policy despite distractions from the media.

Frustrated citizens will be heard

The hawkish case for nuclear disarmament
If atomic bombs were abolished, the United States could use its military might to respond to crises without fear of rogue states wielding weapons of mass destruction.

Some civility would be quite healthy

Who will pay?
In post-recession America, those possessing job skills for the technology age will support the many who lack them.

Commentary: Don't trust Obama on gay marriage
The president's waffling - like that of other Democrats - should caution liberals and activists who presume he 'really' is on their side.

Rose Garden talk a fizzy failure

Congressional Roll Call
A look at how Maine's representatives to the U.S. House and Senate voted on issues last week.

The ghosts of Clintoncare
Obama's determination not to fail as Bill Clinton did on health-care reform may hurt him - and us. After all, Clinton got some things right.

Another voice is silenced in Russia
Western governments must not let another rights defender's killing slip off the radar screen.

Energy plan will leave economy too sluggish
Higher bills and unemployment will result from President Obama's irresponsible policies.

Congressional Roll Call

'Bruno' has a problem
Sometimes the movie hits the mark of mocking anti-gay attitudes. But more frequently - note the baby in the hot tub scene - it pointlessly inflames them.

Doing no favors for their gender

Congressional Roll Call
See how Maine's representatives to the U.S. House and Senate voted on issues last week.

Robert S. McNamara, 1916-2009
He was no quitter - unfortunately for us. At critical times, more people resigning in protest might make a difference.

A third-and-long on the legislative agenda

Broken promise, shattered lives
Women and girls in Congo suffer terribly a year after the United Nations vowed to fight the use of sexual violence as a tactic in war.

Hang on; it's going to be a great ride

Congressional Roll Call
A look at how Maine's representatives to the U.S. House and Senate voted on the issues last week.

Youthful optimism
Like their forebears of the GI Generation, today's Millennials meet tough economic times head-on.

Congressional Roll Call
See how Maine's representatives to the U.S. House and Senate voted on issues last week.

Social Net-warring
Events in Iran come to light by e-mail, by cell phone video, by 140-character Tweets. Who's following? Only the world - and in particular, Middle Easterners living under repressive Arab regimes.

Congressional Roll Call
A look at how Maine's senators and representatives to the U.S. Congress voted on issues last week.

School's in for summer
Parents whose children attend year-round schools find, many to their surprise, that concept deserves an A+.

JEANNINE GUTTMANElecting to participate is what it's all about

Congressional Roll Call
A look at how Maine's senators and representatives to the U.S. Congress voted on issues last week.

Remembering Tiananmen
A Maine writer recalls June 4, 1989: Survivors are middle-aged now, and may yet hold the key to change.

Sonia's choice
EDITOR'S NOTE: The writers are addressing the question, "Did President Obama make a wise choice in nominating Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court?"