By Ken Quinn – America has been blessed to be governed by the oldest written Constitution in the world. The…
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Our nation’s founders painstakingly created one of the most lasting documents in human history — the United States Constitution. For…
By Ken Quinn, Coalitions Director for the Convention of States Project in Maine – We, as citizens of the United…
Is an Article V Convention for Proposing Amendments the same as a Constitutional Convention? That seems to be the most…
By Gov. Paul LePage – Spring is late this year throughout much of the country, and in northern states plenty of…
One of the greatest protections that the Framers of the U.S. Constitution wove into our nation’s governing document is…
Jesus wants Maine’s House of Representatives to expand Mainecare coverage. We know this because. Diane Russell (D-Portland) mounted her pulpit…
The following editorial was published in the March 4-10 edition of the Downeast Coastal Press. It is reproduced here, with permission,…
The following op-ed originally appeared in the March 3 edition of the Downeast Coastal Press, a weekly newspaper based in…
The Portland-based Press Herald newspaper, a publication majority-owned by Democratic Party mega-donor S. Donald Sussman, has refused to publish an…
“There is no precedent in human history for economic growth on declining human capital – and that’s before anyone invented…
Once again, like a recurring nightmare, another gaping hole has been ripped in the state budget. And once again, it’s…
THE ZEUS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY That would be me. It turns out that I have the power to raise what…
Could we puhleeease stop abusing common English for political purposes? This week I read another opinion item by a progressive…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Barack Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union Address Tuesday night. Here are some of…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Barack Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union Address Tuesday night. Here are some of…
“It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that…
Maine’s economy is beginning to show signs of relative competitiveness. After years of ranking dead last for business friendliness, the…
The Bangor Daily News refused to publish the following letter to the editor regarding liberal blogger Amy Fried: It’s concerning…
I was surprised to read in a recent op-ed column by state Sen. Emily Cain (D-Orono) that federal dollars have…
I was surprised to read in a recent op-ed column by state Sen. Emily Cain (D-Orono) that federal dollars have…
By Jonathan McKane — A tax in Maine has been repealed. After 10 years of paying for the Dirigo Health…
Every reasonable person would agree that transparent and accountable government is a good idea. When elected officials operate in secrecy,…
AUGUSTA – Campaign finance reports for the three major candidates for governor became public Thursday. Democratic U.S. Rep. Michael…
AUGUSTA – Campaign finance reports for the three major candidates for governor became public Thursday. Democratic U.S. Rep. Michael…
On January 15 the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) produced its “Review of Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Facilities in…
To the Editor: As I listened to some of the testimony on Medicaid expansion (LD 1578) today, a few…
Maine Wire readers should be well aware that the most controversial policy issue at the State level this year is…
Mark Giangreco, my new friend at the Democratic Governor’s Association (DGA), just sent an e-mail urging me “to join Mike…
Mark Giangreco, my new friend at the Democratic Governor’s Association (DGA), just sent an e-mail urging me “to join Mike…
The battle lines have been drawn for the coming session of the Maine Legislature. In one corner stands the reigning…
Marie Doucette of Saco Who are these progressives? They are mostly Democrats with too many Republicans and Independents thrown in.…
By P. C. Poppycock, Maine Wire correspondent Giddy over the devastatingly successful introduction of Obamacare, Debbie Wasserman Schmaltz, Chair of…
By Pem Schaeffer and Stanley Ralph The introduction of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as revealed by the roll-out of…
The present conversation over Medicaid expansion, as witnessed daily in editorial pages and at the State House, is misleading because…
The U.S. Senate has a unique and longstanding tradition of open, unlimited debate. The Senate rules, when not circumvented, are…
Maine’s highest-ranking Democrat lawmakers made a decision on Halloween Eve that distills and crystallizes everything Mainers loathe about the partisan politics…
A Democratic polling firm’s survey of the 2014 gubernatorial race is garnering a moderate amount of attention in Maine. The…
The Honorable William S. Cohen and Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) had a conversation at the Collins Center for the Arts…
Six Democrats on the Legislative Council voted on Oct. 30 to block a bill that would help victims of human…
“Health care is a right, not a privilege.” How often have people heard that simplistic slogan fall from the lips…
The California company SolarCity estimates that it will install 1 million new rooftop projects in the next five years and…
What does a conservative writer read? While the half-dozen names (plus one) on this admittedly partial list may not be…
“This is most closed, control-freak administration I’ve ever covered.” — David E. Sanger, New York Times staff reporter, who has…
Does it make a difference if the United States “adopts” an international treaty without the advice and consent of the…
One of the things that continues to irk me is how conservatives in general and Republicans in particular display a…
Vice President Joe Biden said in 2007 that President George W. Bush should be impeached if he bombed Iran without…
Two Democrats say Mike Michaud made an intelligent remark during a fund-raiser. This just in. A couple of Democratic legislators…
One of the current political buzzwords is “LoFo voter,” a short way to describe “low-information” members of the electorate who…
“RE: Changes to the 2014 Verso Health Benefits Program,” a memo sent to all employees of Verso Paper from Kenny…
Anti-gun groups in the culture at large, along with significant voices in the major media, were awfully quick to join…
A new best seller, This Town, by Mark Leibovich presents some interesting points of comparison with Senator Olympia Snowe’s Fighting for Common…
“The bottom line is we’re not broke, there’s plenty of money, it’s just the government doesn’t have it. The government…
Danny Kanner, Lis Smith, Mark Giangreco, and Governor Peter Shumlin, my new best friends at the Democratic Governor’s Association, have…
Soon the Humane Society of the United States, (HSUS) will initiate their anti-bear trapping, hounding and baiting signature gathering effort. …
“I think every president in the intense media environment we have now, certainly every two-term president, gets to a point…
By Prof. John Frary — I was amazed to hear recently about a wealthy New Yorker who converted all his…
“Detroit is the rotten fruit of uncontested progressive socialism.” — Editorial, Investor’s Business Daily, July 19 It didn’t take long…
We have just concluded the first legislative session in Augusta since Democrats retook the majority from Republicans who held it…
As many Americans contemplate the depressing fact that we are only six months into President Obama’s second term, with its…
How did the second-degree murder trial of so-called “white Hispanic” George Zimmerman for the killing of black teenager Trayvon Martin…
The Democratic Governor’s Association (DGA) has posted petitions to “Stop the LePage Agenda” in every political website I regularly read,…
Being a conservative in Maine, at least in my experience, has involved enduring a fraught relationship with the state Republican…
Can the Obama administration rewrite the laws of physics? Of course it can’t, but it can pass laws and regulations…
“I am not opposed to all wars. I am opposed to dumb wars.” — Barack Obama, in The New Yorker,…
By Paul Blair — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has friends in Portland, Maine. They’ve taken his call to impose government…
By Pierre Lemieux – The history of New England and Québec have been intertwined through wars, commerce, culture, and migrations.…
“I’m a U.K. citizen hoping soon to become a U.S. citizen, a lifelong admirer of the American project and its…
By Pem Schaeffer — Dr. Thomas Sowell, the prolific scholar and author at the Hoover Institution, sometimes writes columns he calls…
By Rep. Lawrence E. Lockman (R-Amherst) For compelling evidence that Maine’s public schools are long overdue for an overhaul, check…
The Politico website has noted that there is a Republican governor giving Democrats fits who isn’t named Paul LePage. It’s…
By Julie Norsworthy On Friday May 17th my sons and I entered the Cross building for our first experience in the…
“From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us…
All the flapping, squawking and screeching that greeted the LePage administration’s “letter-grade” ranks for Maine public schools was intensified earlier…
“Stop Paul LePage’s Agenda! Governor Paul LePage’s extreme policies have hurt Mainers. During his term as Governor, Paul LePage increased…
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may be the most powerful, and feared, federal agency in Washington. It is absolutely essential…
“That the power to tax involves the power to destroy (is) not to be denied.” — Justice John Marshall, in…
Here, I’d like to discuss the so-called Gang of Eleven’s LD 1496, designated “An Act to Modernize and Simplify the…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Sunday called on President Barack Obama to apologize for the Internal Revenue Service’s politically-motivated…
When a proposed law is drafted for consideration by the Maine Legislature, it has to carry a “fiscal note” citing…
Somehow, it’s appropriate that a multibillion-dollar slam-bang government porkfest in which tens of thousands of undeserving claimants and their lawyers…
This column originally appeared in the April 24, 2013 edition of the New Hampshire Union Leader By Charles M. Arlinghaus…
“Despite these relentless setbacks for the climate campaign, environmentalists are not going gentle into this well-lit night, nor will they…
The Way Life Should Be. Our motto rings true as Maine consistently ranks high in quality of life. However, for…
We have just experienced Tax Day on April 15 – in this year that marks the 100th anniversary of the…
“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.” – George Bernard Shaw…
LESSONS FOR TODAY FROM THE IMMORTALS, BUCKLEY AND REAGAN Remarks by Neal B. Freeman Amelia Island, Florida, March 23, 2013 Looking…
This was “gun week” in Augusta, with lawmakers lined up to conduct hearings on more than two dozen bills to…
On April 22, in cities across America, some environmental activists will celebrate Earth Day, claiming only increased government control can…
By Rep. Heather Sirocki – Here in Maine, we value our privacy and our laid-back lifestyle. That’s why it came as…
In response to the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, several leftist groups have been…
If America’s fiscal state is as bad as David Stockman thinks it is, then it is in very bad shape…
Is the U.S. conservative movement (or, more precisely, the Republican Party, which is not exactly the same thing) facing an…
Maine is an easy state in which to exercise your right as a parent to teach your kids at home.…
Before the 2012 presidential campaign got going in earnest, there was a boomlet in some circles for (of all people)…
By Sandy George, Montville The inspiration for offering this opinion was a personal e-mail sent to me by John Piotti,…
I’m getting real tired of being lectured about morality by the Speaker of the House, Rep. Mark W. Eves (D-North…
By Rep. Kathleen Chase (R-Wells) If most of us won a small lottery and received monthly payments over 10 years, we…
By Rachel Sheffield Heritage Foundation Last summer, the Obama Administration gutted the successful 1996 welfare reform law by offering to waive its…
News reports told us of an odd and tragic circumstance recently when a man fell into a giant hole that…