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Nearly everyone knows that innovation, competition, and development are needed to bring Maine into the 21st century – but apparently…
There is no denying that the low wages earned by Maine people are a major concern for state policy makers.…
With Falmouth considering a ban or fee on plastic bags, it’s important to look at the facts instead of being…
Now that the elections are over and all the negative TV ads are gone we can all breathe a big…
The Precautionary Principle has been used by progressive environmental and public health advocates to justify climate change, energy, food and…
Monday marked the 50th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s famous speech, “A Time for Choosing,” delivered on October 27, 1964,…
Who was it that said election time is ‘silly season?’ For years I’ve rolled with that description, but more and…
Public education is getting a 21st Century shake-up. Back in September, Maine’s very first virtual charter school, Maine Connections Academy,…
Every election year Mainers can count on a handful of desperate political campaigns that rely on confusion and deception in…
In my previous article Why Elections Cannot Fix Washington D.C., I demonstrated that amendments are superior to elections in solving…
Mike Tipping is communication director of the Maine Peoples Alliance (MPA). As such, his primary mission is to expose Paul…
A powerful coalition of environmentalists and crony capitalists have engaged the American people in a confidence game called Climate Change.…
There are plenty of differences between the Maine gubernatorial candidates this election. Whether it concerns tax, labor, business or welfare…
Bangor Daily News blogger Chris Shorr on Thursday published an outlandish and illogical attack against Uber, an innovative ride-sharing service…
On October 1, 2013, Mainers felt the sting of a 10 percent increase in the sales tax to 5.5 percent…
As our nation continues to spiral out of control and those we elected to Congress continue to ignore their responsibilities…
Portland Press Herald columnist Alan Caron says Republican Gov. Paul LePage isn’t the worst governor in Maine’s history, but he’s…
Author’s note: A previous version of this column appeared in the Portland Press Herald We’ve heard the term “embarrassing” used…
This November we have an enormously important issue coming via Citizens Referendum regarding our ability to keep our black bear…
Mark Twain said, “Don’t let school get in the way of my education.” This is profound. Consider the two issues:…
It was with reserved optimism that I accepted a post on the Standards Review Panel. I was informed that this…
“Youth comes but once in a lifetime,” said Maine’s own poet and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. As a two term…
This week, a Portland task force will hear final discussions on Mayor Michael Brennan’s proposal to increase the city’s minimum…
Given the traditional tripartite choice—animal, vegetable or mineral–there’s a solid consensus about Mike Michaud’s identify. Apart from a few violent…
Did you know that workers in Maine who want nothing to do with a union have the right to refrain…
By No Common Core Maine — The chair of Maine’s State Board of Education, Peter Geiger, wrote recently (see here)…
Greetings from Amherst to all readers of the Maine Wire: With fewer than 90 days to Election Day, it’s time…
It has become cliché to note that the Portland Press Herald newspaper is owned by a very wealthy Democratic donor. In…
By Debra Plowman — Mainers expect bold leadership from their representatives in Washington, D.C. Whether Democratic or Republican, the people…
The Article V Convention movement has really gained traction since the release of Mark Levin’s book last summer titled The…
By John Frary — Last year presidential consigliore John Podesta snarled that Republicans “are facing a second term against a…
Black bears are becoming a national menace as well as a serious threat to public safety and private property, and…
By Jonathan McKane — Maine Democrats and the Maine press are fed up. They are demanding action. And for the…
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed published Monday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) blasted Senate Democrats for supporting a constitutional…
As we have seen from Mike Michaud economic plan for energizing Maine’s economy, upyanking the economically undertrodden, rescuing the middle…
By Ken Quinn – Since the start of our government under the Constitution on March 9, 1789, Congress has proposed…
By David Trahan — In politics today, it is virtually impossible to expose the true motives of an individual candidate…
Our state’s media have looked upon Mike Michaud’s “Maine Made” economic plan and found it good. One newspaper editorial saw…
By David Trahan – Don’t be fooled by the group calling itself, “Mainers for Fair Bear Hunting” when they tell you…
By Ken Quinn – America has been blessed to be governed by the oldest written Constitution in the world. The…
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…
