John MacGregor
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Commentary
How Wilson’s ‘living’ Constitution and ‘apolitical’ civil service class undermines our rights
President Woodrow Wilson wanted a professional bureaucracy that was apolitical. The theory sounded...
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Commentary
Government is supposed to exist to protect our rights
States are sovereign political entities. The United States Constitution lays out the powers relinquished by the several states and...
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Commentary
The Constitution notwithstanding…
The progressive establishment loves big government. Conversely, it really dislikes Americans born with...
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Commentary
The pandemic is not an excuse to expropriate our rights
The basic problem with even a little bit of socialism is that, in...
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Judiciary
The dangers of legislating from the bench
I listened last week to the questioning of Judge Amy Coney Barrett by...
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Commentary
Coronavirus, Governor Mills, and the Constitution
Governors and bureaucrats are picking and choosing which parts of the Constitution they...
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Commentary
Government response to the pandemic makes matters worse in Maine
The COVID-19 crisis feeds into the progressive belief that a crisis is an...
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Commentary
Progressives, impeachment and the Constitution
“In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic...
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Commentary
Congress needs to know its place
“…the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good...
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Commentary
Socialism and unintended consequences
“One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized...
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Commentary
‘Social justice’ degrades our constitutional rights
Over the past 79 years, I have observed that the more socialism is...
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Commentary
The inevitable socialist conundrum: Running out of other people’s money
“In the 1950’s the richest nation, the richest city on earth...
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Commentary
A distorted view of oppression
“A Fatal Tendency of Mankind…common among people. When they can, they wish to...
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Commentary
Returning to our constitutional roots
“The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as...
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Commentary
Our people and politics will suffer if we continue to stray from the Constitution
There is a very profound reason that the American constitutional republic has created...
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Daily Catch
Jurists undermine individual potential when they stray from the Constitution
Societal stability is achieved by making fads, social theories, and passions of the...
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Commentary
Progressive theory and the Constitution
U.S. constitutional law depends on the purpose and limitations of our written constitution,...
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Commentary
On taxes, lawmakers should exercise restraint
It is a fallacy that individual clauses in the Constitution can be considered...
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Daily Catch
Progressive democracy cannot supplant our constitutional republic
I have always contended that it was a mistake to refer to our...
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Commentary
Dependency diminishes government’s role to protect property
Karl Marx said that “Religion is the opium of the people.” Marx should...
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Commentary
Progressivism is not for Maine
It is hard to make constitutional sense out of the cacophony of progressive...
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Commentary
A Republic, if you can keep it
It is time to rein in the taxaholic phalanx of lawmakers in Augusta...
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Daily Catch
The endless pursuit of power ends with limited government
Politics may be rough and tumble, but that is no excuse for outright...
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Commentary
Avoiding legalized plunder
“Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it…how is this legal plunder...
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Taxes
Taxes, lies and ambition
It’s hard not to draw parallels between what’s going on in Augusta and...
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Daily Catch
Socialists run out of other people’s money
Caracas is burning. The socialist policies of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro have...
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Commentary
Government must remain within the confines of the Constitution
“If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare…the education of children…would...
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Commentary
We have the right to property, and property in our rights
Reaching into the farthest recesses of my political recollections, I recall how I...
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Healthcare
Power under the guise of doing good
“Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from...
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News
Yes, Virginia, there is a mob
Liberals are justifying their mob actions by saying that violent confrontation and inciting...
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Commentary
Fear in the hearts of progressives
First, as a constituent of Sen. Susan Collins, I would like to thank...
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National
Say goodbye to the presumption of innocence
Watching the Senate hearing on Ford vs Kavanaugh last week was sickening. It shows...
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Daily Catch
Free markets lead to prosperity
“Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign garnered considerable appeal from millennials. These young...
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Commentary
Ignorance of history gives socialism its appeal
Socialism appeals to many millennials under 30 because of Socialism’s two built-in fallacies:...
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Commentary
RCV hurts property and voting rights
The founders recognized that it is in man’s nature to become seduced by...
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Commentary
Beware the urge to rule
“A plan to save humanity is almost always a false front for the...
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Education
Traditional public schools suffer from educational paralysis
Education in Maine is captive to progressive administrative and structural stagnation. Our educational system...
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Commentary
There is no easy answer to school safety
The anti-gun crowd cannot absorb the absolute truth that deranged people and plain...
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Commentary
Hate has consequences
The level of hate and vitriol that is leveled at conservative government officials,...
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Commentary
Are progressives angels?
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to...
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Daily Catch
Land use policy and the Constitution
The October 12, 2017 edition of the Bridgton News had a front-page article...
