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President Joe Biden believes joining a union isn’t merely a right that workers have but something the federal government has…
With Maine’s economy still recovering from the pandemic, it’s important that our lawmakers take actions that put more people back…
The Maine Legislature will soon debate LD 1550, a bill that would ban the legal sale of all flavored tobacco…
It’s taken much longer than it should have but at last it seems to be happening: the lockdown paradigm is…
On March 1, facing the highest COVID-19 infection rate in the world, the Czech Republic’s Prime Minister Andrej Babis introduced…
In late March, the 130th Maine Legislature met in-person at the Augusta Civic Center for just the second time this…
On Wednesday afternoon, Maine’s Health and Human Services Committee will hold a public hearing on LD 1344, a department bill…
“Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years,…
So-called “deaths of despair,” those involving drug abuse, alcohol, or suicide, have been the subject of numerous studies over the…
Since last summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have used an obscure federal regulation to impose a nationwide moratorium on…
This month marks the one-year anniversary of when states and the federal government first declared states of emergency over the…
The Biden administration on Wednesday released a comprehensive $2+ trillion spending proposal ostensibly focused on infrastructure. But there’s much more…
As many Mainers question the appropriateness of a year-long state of emergency, in which a sole political official holds the…
Maine’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee met on Thursday to hold a work session on LD 715, a concept draft…
The Maine Legislature will convene in person on Tuesday to approve the state’s next biennial budget, likely along party lines.…
It appears Maine Democrats are looking to advance a majority budget in the next week to avoid working with their…
Amid the turmoil and bickering throughout the country, it is important to keep an eye on legislation being proposed both…
With COVID-19 ravaging the country and government pandemic lockdowns devastating our economy, the national debt has understandably slipped to the…
Dire predictions about state budget woes turned out to be much too gloomy. Despite this, Democrats in Congress and the…
Last Friday, Democratic state senator John Mannion of New York called for an end to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s emergency powers. Mannion’s call…
In recent years, a number of economic studies have concluded that small to moderate increases in the minimum wage do…
New Hampshire has a lot going for it compared to the rest of New England. The Granite State enforces no…
President Joe Biden pledged on January 27 to conjure “a carbon pollution–free electricity sector” into existence “no later than 2035.” What would…
As district school closures enter their 11th month, many parents are frustrated and angry. They may see private schools that…
The progressive establishment loves big government. Conversely, it really dislikes Americans born with individual rights and steeped in the American…
Maine’s Capitol Police Chief Russ Gauvin is on trial in the court of public opinion for thoughtcrimes, and while I…
Maine Governor Janet Mills released the details of her second proposed biennial budget last Friday following a closed-door media briefing and multiple press…
Just before the holidays, the legislature released a list of all legislator and department/agency bill requests submitted before cloture, the…
After nearly a year with one person unilaterally dictating public policy in Maine, some members of the state legislature are…
What a year. It started off with so much potential, but ended after so much heartache, fear and difficult adjustments.…
Some members of the Maine Legislature are speaking out against Gov. Janet Mills’ newest mandates and urging their colleagues to…
The basic problem with even a little bit of socialism is that, in order for socialist policy to work, it…
Though Maine’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has undoubtedly taken a toll on the state’s finances, the future budget outlook…
The Supreme Court of the United States recently voted to grant relief to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and…
It’s the start of a new term of the Maine Legislature, which means lawmakers have the task of selecting the…
If you like individual liberty, economic freedom and self-determination, 2020 probably wasn’t the year for you. Chief executives across the country…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey used his bully pulpit this week to remind the people of Maine that they are…
Last week, Governor Janet Mills joined Maine Public to shed crocodile tears for frontline workers who have been put in…
With Maine’s 2020 statewide general election behind us, it’s time to look ahead to the first regular session of the…
Thinking about getting together with family for the holiday season? Think again. Just when you thought coronavirus restrictions couldn’t get…
In this election, Maine voters will become the first in any state to cast their ballots for president of the…
In a shameless act of cultural appropriation, this week’s column title takes the Black Lives Matter / Antifa / “mostly…
You may think the words of this title are harsh, and they are for an America rapidly disappearing. But I submit…
It’s Supreme Court nomination time again, and the result is predictable. The usual suspects on the progressive left, especially those…
The systemic racism industry has had its sweet multimillion consulting racket exposed and trumped. The President used his “pen and…
The Trump administration’s controversial nationwide eviction moratorium, issued through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) earlier this month,…
“If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.”- Moshe Dayan “You can only…
Last week, Governor Janet Mills issued a “curtailment order,” a tool Maine governors can wield to balance budgets after the…
It’s no secret that 2020 is a year like no other, and COVID-19 has challenged “the way life should be” here in…
I’m an engineer by aptitude, education, and vocation. Those of you who are also one, or know or live with an…
After telling the public that the Maine Principals’ Association (MPA) would have the final say in returning to high school…
We are quickly approaching Labor Day and the end to the summer season here in Maine. When it comes to…
August rolled in and although the garden looks good, I cannot say the same for Maine, the Republic or freedom.…
I counted to 10, but it didn’t work. I don’t know about you, but I’m at wits’ end regarding the…
As a long-time supporter of the First Amendment and the value of free and open inquiry, leftist cancel culture efforts…
We’ve been watching the judicial gyrations over the fate of retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn for weeks. Each week a…
In the past 13 years, Maine voters have approved 38 of 39 bond issues on the ballot, totaling $1.43 billion…
Governors and bureaucrats are picking and choosing which parts of the Constitution they chose to obey or ignore on any…
We grow up being told to “look both ways before you cross the street.” Whether we knew it at the…
To state the obvious, Maine’s economy is in trouble. The 14 day quarantine has already wrecked the early and middle…
A few weeks ago, I read about the City of Calais declaring all businesses as essential and the city giving…
Time is running out. Time is running out for the segment of our population that has no job, no income,…
Today’s political climate is exceptionally partisan and overly sensationalized. It’s that way on purpose. Stoking emotional fires leads to more…
The COVID-19 crisis feeds into the progressive belief that a crisis is an opportunity to further an agenda by other-than-constitutional…
Last Friday, Maine Governor Janet Mills released a revision to her phased reopening plan, announcing that restaurants, retail stores and…
We all knew it was probably inevitable, but it is here, finally – the global pandemic which was occasionally scratching…
I’m not a doctor but I played one in real life. I served as a hospital corpsman in the United…
Governor Mills unveiled her multi-phase plan for slowly reopening the Maine economy on Tuesday during a press conference with Maine…
Dear Governor Mills, Many Mainers are facing desperate times. I would like to offer my thoughts for consideration so together…
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Janus decision in June of 2018, unions have begun to feel the pressure…
Lawmakers on Maine’s Health and Human Services Committee held a public hearing Wednesday on LD 2052, “An Act To Enact…
The Maine Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee is holding a public hearing Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 1 p.m. in…
“In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic governments: in the former, because they are…
Governor Janet Mills earlier this month released her 10-Year Economic Development Strategy for the state, the first undertaking since 1993. While well-intentioned,…
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On October 8, 2019, the Office of Aging and Disability Services (OADS) released their quarterly update regarding enrollment numbers for…
Governor Mills on Wednesday released her 10-year economic development plan for Maine, the first such undertaking in our state since…
“…the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions…There are men…who mean to govern well;…
Last week, the government of China initiated a mandate that every new SIM card registrant submit to a facial recognition…
A new law that changes how workers are classified in the “gig economy” will become effective in California next month.…
In today’s partisan, impeachment-centric political climate, the following have become figurative lapel pins and brooches for the ruling class. As…
Last month, Maine’s Legislative Council allowed LR 2765, “An Act To Enact Restrictions on Electronic Smoking Devices,” to proceed to…
In Maine and 12 other states, local governments have the ability to steal the equity you’ve built in your home…
“One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse…
Last week, Maine’s Legislative Council admitted a bill into the second session that would make changes to the rules governing…
Following a national trend, Maine lawmakers decided in June to raise taxes on tobacco products and e-cigarettes. Rep. Joyce McCreight,…
Over the past 79 years, I have observed that the more socialism is “successful,” the more it destroys its economic…
Last week in the news there was a teenage girl being exploited by the international community, and I couldn’t watch.…
“In the 1950’s [America was] the richest nation, the richest city on earth was Detroit. They voted for change and…
I have never been in jail. I have never been arrested. But I am probably a felon, and so are…
“A Fatal Tendency of Mankind…common among people. When they can, they wish to live and prosper at the expense of…
This week, Portland city officials notified Fair Elections Portland, a pro-ranked-choice voting group, that they did not acquire enough signatures…
Governor Janet Mills issued a proclamation Monday calling the legislature back to the State House for a special legislative session…
“The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and…
It is tempting to think of America’s economic classes as stable and sedentary. Talk of widening income inequality has cemented…
Governments spend a good deal of time and money attempting to solve problems of their own making. Endemic poverty, the…
Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, is surely among the wealthiest institutions in Maine. Its capital assets, combined with its endowment, total…
Turn on the local news or pick up a Maine newspaper and it won’t take long for someone to mention…