Commentary
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Pediatric group’s new school guidance ignores science and logic
In another attempt to “follow the science,” a pediatrics group has issued guidance...
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Legislature right to sustain Mills’ veto of ‘hastily crafted’ Pine Tree Power bill
Gov. Janet Mills fortunately stopped a sloppy, misguided attempt to put a loaded...
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Will pandemic-induced toll increases prove to be permanent?
The changes include an increase of one dollar– from $3 to $4– for...
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Unnecessary government spending helps fuel inflation
The government has spent its way into an inflationary mess, which we’ve already...
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Texas Dems’ walkout highlights the absurdity of nationwide voting debate
When one group of lawmakers shirk their Constitutional duty and walk out on...
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Gov. Mills and allies are destroying affordable, accessible child care for Maine families
In recent months, we’ve heard a lot about child care in the news...
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Face-saving partisanship killed emergency powers reform in Maine this session
Saying “no emergency is going to be perfect,” Facteau outlined his hesitancy to...
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Vaccine mandates are not the answer
Individual responsibility and autonomy will always outweigh government coercion, and that includes getting...
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No need for replica ship to be a political football in Maine
What was supposed to be both a fun and educational opportunity for families...
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Mills signs offshore wind ban amid lingering skepticism from fishermen
Though the ban is a win for now, Mills’ next moves towards offshore...
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Mills kills another misguided drug pricing bill
LD 1117 would have accomplished nothing in terms of lowering prescription drug costs...
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Maine-based school choice case headed for Supreme Court
The Court’s decision on Carson v. Makin could stop this kind of state-sanctioned...
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Facial recognition ban comes as a victory for the privacy of all Mainers
Facial recognition tech cannot be used as a tool by the government for...
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Mills bucks her party on environment, drug pricing in newest vetoes
The vetoes, among some of her other recent ones, are a welcome check...
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BDN Editorial Board confuses terms regarding Delta variant
In its July 5 piece, the editorial board of the Bangor Daily News...
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DHHS failures prove: It’s time for child welfare reform
If the tragedies of the last month show us anything, it is that...
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Hospital group pushes for mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for workers
COVID-19 vaccines: a personal choice or a workplace requirement? Well, to Maine’s top...
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In missed opportunity, SCOTUS declines to rule on WFH tax case
The issue of how this subset of workers is taxed is not going...
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Lawmakers right to nix flavored tobacco ban in final budget agreement
The Legislature’s Appropriations Committee voted unanimously Sunday to advance a supplemental budget, and...
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Legislature sustains Mills’ veto on LD 920, a victory for communities and consumers alike
Gov. Janet Mills made the right choice in vetoing LD 920, sponsored by...
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NH budget brings school choice, emergency power reform in stark contrast to Maine
The Granite State passed a new budget last week that should have people...
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Effort to elect constitutional officers fails again in Maine
Making our government more representative and fair is an idea both sides of...
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Lockdowns led to more deaths, not fewer
The primary finding of the study was that following the implementation of SIP...
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Bills to increase income and estate taxes die in the Legislature
Two bills to increase taxes on hardworking Mainers failed to pass at the...
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Legislature advances civil asset forfeiture reform bill
An attempt to rein in one of the state’s most troublesome acts is...
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Maine Senate votes to keep controversial ‘fusion center’
Even if the allegations in Loder’s lawsuit are not true, the fact that...
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‘Modern taxation without representation’: Legal pushback on unfair work from home taxes
During the stress, added financial and mental burden brought on by the pandemic...
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New Harvard data (accidentally) reveal how lockdowns crushed the working class while leaving elites unscathed
The picture painted is one of working-class destruction.
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Six years after deregulating them, lawmakers are cracking down on vanity plates again
A bill to limit license plates with profane or vulgar references passed under...
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House Democrats kill bipartisan COVID-19 review commission
Policymakers have, yet again, committed an act that is sorely ironic: they have...
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Shifting recycling costs to producers an easy way to raise the cost of groceries
A recent study by Dr. Calvin Lakhan of York University has found that...
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Generic prescriptions provide savings for Maine patients
This week, the Maine Senate passed “Making Health Care Work for Maine,” a...
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ProPublica misleads the public on ‘bombshell’ tax report
Over the last few days, headlines have been dominated by a story that...
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Bill to end at-will employment dies between chambers
To force these new labor restrictions upon employers now would be a grave...
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ProPublica’s bombshell tax report that wasn’t
ProPublica’s deceptive and misguided campaign to convince the American electorate that billionaires don’t...
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Imminent SCOTUS ruling to have major First Amendment implications for schools and students
On April 28, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments...
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Biden’s ‘infrastructure’ bill: High cost, little reward
If the administration wanted to pass these items not directly tied to infrastructure,...
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Maine families deserve school choice, and the pandemic underscores its necessity
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new light and perspectives to many issues we...
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Maine’s flavored tobacco ban is destined to fail
As we all learned in our high school history classes, the United States...
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It’s time to reopen the US-Canada border
Last week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that at least 50% of...
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Mask rules persist for children in Maine schools. Why?
On Monday, May 24, nearly eight months after it was first ordered, Maine Gov....
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Saving face: Unmasking the mask hypocrisy
On Monday, May 24, a fascinating social experiment began to unfold across Maine...
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Maine should pump the brakes on controversial voting reform efforts
This legislative session, lawmakers on the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee held public...
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Governor Mills’ flavored tobacco ban, state bailout is dead wrong
When President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan, he provided state and local...
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Debunking the myths of Maine’s proposed flavored tobacco ban
Now that the dust has settled on the Health and Human Services Committee...
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New Hampshire the beneficiary of New England’s misguided tobacco policies
Last week, Maine’s Health and Human Services Committee held a public hearing on...
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Raising tobacco taxes will hurt residents, businesses struggling to recover post-pandemic
The nonpartisan Revenue Forecasting Committee met recently and determined Maine is in a...
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Mills’ abuse of power as governor predictable after conduct as attorney general
Janet Mills is notorious for her abuses of power and seeming disregard for...
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When Joe Biden talks about worker choice, he means only one choice
President Joe Biden believes joining a union isn’t merely a right that workers...
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Maine’s congressional delegation should listen to independent workers and reject the PRO Act
With Maine’s economy still recovering from the pandemic, it’s important that our lawmakers...
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Maine’s flavored tobacco ban goes too far
The Maine Legislature will soon debate LD 1550, a bill that would ban...
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The lockdown paradigm is collapsing
It’s taken much longer than it should have but at last it seems...
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The Czech Republic has the highest COVID mortality in the world, despite strict lockdowns
On March 1, facing the highest COVID-19 infection rate in the world, the...
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Transparency and good governance a casualty of the majority budget
In late March, the 130th Maine Legislature met in-person at the Augusta Civic...
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Governor Mills thinks her emergency power should be even more expansive
On Wednesday afternoon, Maine’s Health and Human Services Committee will hold a public...
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Protect Mainers’ privacy by ending the MIAC
“Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge...
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In 2020, New Hampshire’s opioid issues got better while Maine’s got worse
So-called “deaths of despair,” those involving drug abuse, alcohol, or suicide, have been...
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The CDC vs. the Constitution
Since last summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have used...
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State legislatures should be reining in emergency powers
This month marks the one-year anniversary of when states and the federal government...
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9 examples of unrelated waste and partisan spending in Biden’s $2 trillion ‘infrastructure’ plan
The Biden administration on Wednesday released a comprehensive $2+ trillion spending proposal ostensibly...
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Breaking down the bills to reform Maine’s emergency powers law
As many Mainers question the appropriateness of a year-long state of emergency, in...
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Are federal efforts to regulate gun ownership constitutional?
Amid the turmoil and bickering throughout the country, it is important to keep...
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Economists warn we can’t keep ignoring the national debt
With COVID-19 ravaging the country and government pandemic lockdowns devastating our economy, the...
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State, local govts post surprisingly sunny revenue projections. Dems want to give them billions anyway.
Dire predictions about state budget woes turned out to be much too gloomy....
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Time to pull back on emergency powers for governors
Last Friday, Democratic state senator John Mannion of New York called for an end to...
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The high cost of trying to use the minimum wage as welfare
In recent years, a number of economic studies have concluded that small to...
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Which New England state will be first to enact Right to Work?
New Hampshire has a lot going for it compared to the rest of...
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What would it take to reach Biden’s carbon-free electric power goal by 2035?
President Joe Biden pledged on January 27 to conjure “a carbon pollution–free electricity sector” into...
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Teachers unions continue to block school reopenings across America
As district school closures enter their 11th month, many parents are frustrated and...
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The Constitution notwithstanding…
The progressive establishment loves big government. Conversely, it really dislikes Americans born with...
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Threats of violence and thoughtcrimes: Selective speech standards at the State House
Maine’s Capitol Police Chief Russ Gauvin is on trial in the court of...
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Count your blessings this holiday season
What a year. It started off with so much potential, but ended after...
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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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Where are the justice warriors for religious freedom?
The Supreme Court of the United States recently voted to grant relief to...
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What to be thankful for in this dreadful year of 2020
If you like individual liberty, economic freedom and self-determination, 2020 probably wasn’t the...
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AG Frey warns Mainers about enforcement of Gov. Mills’ unscientific mask mandate
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey used his bully pulpit this week to remind...
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Gov. Mills suggests Mainers call the cops on violators of coronavirus mandates
Last week, Governor Janet Mills joined Maine Public to shed crocodile tears for...
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California hates the holidays
Thinking about getting together with family for the holiday season? Think again. Just...
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Your ballot with ranked-choice voting
In this election, Maine voters will become the first in any state to...
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Reisman: No justice, no peace
In a shameless act of cultural appropriation, this week’s column title takes the...
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What we learn from the rhetorical disputes over SCOTUS nominations
It’s Supreme Court nomination time again, and the result is predictable. The usual...
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Reisman: Systemic racism racket gets trumped
The systemic racism industry has had its sweet multimillion consulting racket exposed and...
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Landlords sue Trump administration and CDC over executive order banning evictions
The Trump administration’s controversial nationwide eviction moratorium, issued through the Centers for Disease...
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Reisman: Peace and ‘the Resistance’
“If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk...
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Domestic violence remains a concern amidst pandemic
It’s no secret that 2020 is a year like no other, and COVID-19...
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The new left rejects a self-governing republic
I’m an engineer by aptitude, education, and vocation. Those of you who are also...
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Governor’s arbitrary decisions will haunt Maine for years to come
We are quickly approaching Labor Day and the end to the summer season...
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Reisman: Midsummer Nightmare
August rolled in and although the garden looks good, I cannot say the...
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Reisman: Cancel culture karma
As a long-time supporter of the First Amendment and the value of free...
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‘No one is above the law’ – except members of Congress
We’ve been watching the judicial gyrations over the fate of retired Lt. Gen....
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Why Mainers should be skeptical of the bond questions in the July primary election
In the past 13 years, Maine voters have approved 38 of 39 bond...
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Coronavirus, Governor Mills, and the Constitution
Governors and bureaucrats are picking and choosing which parts of the Constitution they...
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Look both ways – twice – before disbanding the police
We grow up being told to “look both ways before you cross the...
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Maine lawmakers should advance policies that will kickstart economic recovery
To state the obvious, Maine’s economy is in trouble. The 14 day quarantine...
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Councilor Ben Hartwell: ‘I had to do something’
A few weeks ago, I read about the City of Calais declaring all...
