http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=960&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com Opinion: Editorials, Letters to the Editor and Columnists from the Morning Sentinel en-us Wed, 16 May 2012 04:15:31 GMT 2012-05-16T04:15:31Z en-us http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=585557&44=151629575&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com%2Fopinion%2Fcolumnists%2Fhallowell-links-persist-after-60-years_2012-05-15.html My first memory was at the age of 4 when we lived on Hallowell's Louden Hill. I was waiting for my mom, who was bringing home my baby sister, Eleanor, the last of us seven kids. She was named after our mom, Eleanor Falconi Routh. Wed, 16 May 2012 04:15:31 GMT 044b69e23fa04fb1cc0ef50117dc546a Mary E. Routh Cobbs wrote this account of growing 2012-05-16T04:15:31Z http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=585557&44=151629635&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com%2Fopinion%2Fcolumnists%2Fnot-all-legislatures-good-work-made-headlines_2012-05-15.html In the fall of 2010, Republicans fought for and won majorities in both houses of the Maine Legislature for the first time in decades. Everywhere I went during that election season, people called for fewer regulations, lower taxes, more affordable health insurance and, most of all, jobs. Wed, 16 May 2012 04:14:59 GMT 7aaabd0f80ba65383b6ae0e0d3a7f2b2 Rep. Karen Foster, R-Augusta, 2012-05-16T04:14:59Z http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=585557&44=151629845&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com%2Fopinion%2Fcolumnists%2Fnewspapers-using-the-web-because-thats-where-readers-are_2012-05-15.html At last week's roundtable exploration of the future of Maine's newspapers, I came away with one piece of good news: Old people still love newspapers. Wed, 16 May 2012 04:14:32 GMT 5069b5bc2f0d43c658fe30045cc1199b George Smith 2012-05-16T04:14:32Z http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=585557&44=151629875&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com%2Fopinion%2Fcolumnists%2Fa-topic-too-hot-for-sunday-news-shows__2012-05-15.html Last month, Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein wrote a piece for The Washington Post's Outlook section that dared to suggest the unthinkable: Both parties aren't equally to blame for what ails Washington. Wed, 16 May 2012 04:13:36 GMT 8ea9dd56b6b8df5b0d4aa214070dc313 Greg Sargent writes The Plum Line blog, a reported 2012-05-16T04:13:36Z http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=620117&44=151629585&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com%2Fopinion%2Feditorials%2Fwhistleblowers-trying-to-keep-it-safe-to-fly_2012-05-15.html According to Federal Aviation Administration whistleblowers, air traffic controllers in the New York area have slept on the job, left shifts early and used personal electronic gadgets while working in the control room. Wed, 16 May 2012 04:12:58 GMT 4c2a17dd133789567384116835deda8f Morning Sentinel Staff 2012-05-16T04:12:58Z http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=620117&44=151629985&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com%2Fopinion%2Feditorials%2Fmars-mission-still-us-goal_2012-05-15.html It's interesting that some of the same people who have been blasting President Obama as a spendthrift who has put this country on a path to economic ruin also criticize him for being frugal when it comes to space exploration. Wed, 16 May 2012 04:12:22 GMT b999a13d4e0214c9830608c5631ceed5 Morning Sentinel Staff 2012-05-16T04:12:22Z http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=612752&44=151629565&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2Fresearch-and-development-bonds-have-proven-value_2012-05-15.html Wed, 16 May 2012 04:10:34 GMT 5a15e63b69e93206dfb47901ad653647 Kennebec Journal Staff 2012-05-16T04:10:34Z http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=612752&44=151629595&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2Ffull-time-child-caregiver-most-important-job_2012-05-15.html Wed, 16 May 2012 04:10:01 GMT 6b84814f5c6ef47ab9359a5e7406351b Kennebec Journal Staff 2012-05-16T04:10:01Z http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=612752&44=151629615&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2Fcandidate-lachowiczbelieves-in-compromise_2012-05-15.html Wed, 16 May 2012 04:08:23 GMT c2268c471a10197610d3acda444763b1 Morning Sentinel Staff 2012-05-16T04:08:23Z http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=612752&44=151629625&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2Felderly-dont-have-enough-money-to-save-the-country_2012-05-15.html Wed, 16 May 2012 04:07:46 GMT abd42f46b0f272e346010526be59569d Kennebec Journal Staff 2012-05-16T04:07:46Z http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=612752&44=151629645&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2Fmiddle-managers-often-work-when-theyre-not-paid_2012-05-15.html Wed, 16 May 2012 04:07:31 GMT ddc41eaaf95d465d71f2ed346d71f984 Kennebec Journal Staff 2012-05-16T04:07:31Z http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=612752&44=151629855&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2Fnewsday-columnist-a-ray-of-sun-to-counter-daily-fog_2012-05-15.html Wed, 16 May 2012 04:06:38 GMT a222a9e1f4bb8d0652afe5a3d14eb568 Morning Sentinel Staff 2012-05-16T04:06:38Z http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=612752&44=151629885&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2Fwho-said-barack-obama-wasnt-a-leader__2012-05-15.html W Wed, 16 May 2012 04:06:17 GMT bbd6c6a133f0e95994fb3d3ad3ebfbc0 Kennebec Journal Staff 2012-05-16T04:06:17Z http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=612752&44=151629935&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2Fsocial-security-particularly-vital-to-maine-retirees_2012-05-15.html Wed, 16 May 2012 04:05:24 GMT 707f6573a0737a8d9b897b356fadc79e Kennebec Journal Staff 2012-05-16T04:05:24Z http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=612752&44=151629945&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2Fhernandez-fought-to-have-tobacco-free-playgrounds_2012-05-15.html Wed, 16 May 2012 04:05:02 GMT 70ae45d9fc9a7526a79ac521e868f988 Morning Sentinel Staff 2012-05-16T04:05:02Z http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=612752&44=151629965&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2Fmsad-54-board-worked-hard-to-get-best-budget_2012-05-15.html Wed, 16 May 2012 04:04:32 GMT 3768917d2d29279bbcdcaab05938b0b3 Morning Sentinel Staff 2012-05-16T04:04:32Z http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=612752&44=151630005&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2Fcaption-of-photo-of-2-girlshad-too-much-information_2012-05-15.html Wed, 16 May 2012 04:03:59 GMT 8f2f5873902c9c29076fb01b5a93ff22 Morning Sentinel Staff 2012-05-16T04:03:59Z http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=612752&44=151630015&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2Fthieves-violate-sacredness-of-cemetery_2012-05-15.html Wed, 16 May 2012 04:02:48 GMT 173f669f8d70d484fb8ccdc5cc150061 Morning Sentinel Staff 2012-05-16T04:02:48Z http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=585557&44=151457855&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com%2Fopinion%2Fcolumnists%2Flugar-should-have-seen-the-writing-on-the-wall_2012-05-14.html The Republican senator from Indiana lost his bid for a seventh term last Tuesday. So badly that he got 39 percent of the vote in the GOP primary. So badly that the guy he lost to -- state Treasurer Richard Mourdock -- had run unsuccessfully for office five times before. Tue, 15 May 2012 01:45:38 GMT 95aa0693aef5b36013eda320ec55f902 Chris Cillizza 2012-05-15T01:45:38Z http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=585557&44=151457925&32=10362&7=625072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinesentinel.com%2Fopinion%2Fcolumnists%2Fonly-new-investment-in-education-will-make-maine-lose-no_-1-ranking_2012-05-14.html For the past four years, in a series of columns, I've been tracking the debt burden placed on Maine college students. In 2009, we were fourth in the nation in student burden. Last year, we were second. Tue, 15 May 2012 01:45:08 GMT 248c4158bd152520a0c59dbc7d364b31 Mike Tipping 2012-05-15T01:45:08Z