John MacGregor

John "Jock" MacGregor is a student of history and politics, a pursuit he has enjoyed for most of his 79 years. Jock attended Villanova University’s School of Education; served in the U.S. Marine Corps; and is an entrepreneur with enterprises in restaurants, construction and boatbuilding. Mr. MacGregor was managing editor of an online news site in Hot Springs Arkansas. Currently, Jock comments on the role of government in society. Jock believes in a constitutionally limited government, instituted by the people, to protect their rights to life, liberty and property.
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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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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...