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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…
Some within the media have wrapped themselves in the flag of the freedom of access law. They are rallying to oppose…
By Diana George Chapin On Feb. 23 the Bangor Daily News and Lewiston Sun ran an article, “The good, bad and…
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum — Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, c. 400 A.D. Back in the bad old days,…
Tuesday’s paper had some interesting headlines on the front page. To start with, we were told by the left-hand topper…
By Neal B. Freeman The Buckley Rule has been much invoked in recent weeks, in this space and elsewhere, and…
When President Obama traveled to Minnesota Feb. 4 to make a plea for gun control, the photos of him delivering…
President Obama has made his leftist goals explicit in a pair of major national addresses (his acceptance speech at the…
There’s one thing about our immigration policy that is an absolute necessity for any progress to be made on the…
“When school children start paying union dues, that’s when I’ll start representing the interests of school children.” — Albert Shanker,…
It shouldn’t come as a huge surprise to anyone to be told that when liberal politicians and green lobbying groups…
By Senator Susan Collins It is a privilege to represent Maine in the United States Senate, and I am deeply grateful…
Conan O’Brien said last week that the mayor of Washington, D.C., had asked the owner of the Washington Redskins football…
By Prof. John Frary On January 9 of this year the National Taxpayer Advocate released her Annual Report to Congress.…
Some ironies are just too delicious to ignore, and one of them is that Matt Damon’s new anti-fracking movie “Promised…
When the going gets tough, the tough take their fun where they can find it. So, rather than dwell on…
“If you don’t want to have a gun in your home or in your school, that’s your choice. But don’t…
By Prof. John Frary “It’s time to talk about gun control.” This was the title of a Washington Post editorial…
Numerous commentators, with Fox’s Bill O’Reilly chief among them, are busy this time of year building up the idea that…
By Prof. John Frary Maine Wire columnist Most people know about the vanguard of the union-busting gang. They’ve seen the…
We’re all familiar with the way many high school and college football teams enter the field at the start of…
By Senator Susan Collins As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I have always worked to support our…
It seems fair to say that, as recently as a month ago, you could have walked down any city street,…
Here’s a headline seen on forbes.com on Nov. 25: “Do You Live in a Death Spiral State?” Unfortunately for residents of the…
There’s a story told about the ancient, fabled Eastern European Jewish city of Chelm, in which the elders of the…
By U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) Now that the elections are behind us, it is time for the campaigning to…
A new study says there are five specific warning signs for developing Alzheimer’s disease. The first one is going bald,…
By Senator Susan Collins For more than two centuries, young Americans have left the comfort and security of home in order…
Well, at least Big Bird is safe. OK, that wasn’t all that funny. But there isn’t much that is this…
By Diana George Chapin In her March 14, 2009 Wall Street Journal column, Peggy Noonan recalled in “There’s No Pill…
When Halloween is over, the masks come off, at least for trick-or-treaters. Thus, it’s also a good time to note…
Weekly Address by Governor Paul LePage Those who know me know I enjoy reading history – presidential biographies are my…
By Prof. John Frary Maine Wire columnist On October 22 at a forum the candidates for U.S. Senate explained their…
Reading the encomiums to the late Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota in the paper and on the web this…
By Prof. John Frary Maine Wire columnist Unlike Chellie Pingree and Angus King, Congressman Mike Michaud and his challenger, Maine…
I was a bit surprised a few days ago to see that the national Democratic Party had spent some of…
By Pem Schaeffer Maine Wire columnist On Sunday, October 7, The Maine Wire published my column, “Maine’s colorful political chameleons:…
It was recently suggested that Mitt Romney go to California to hold another press event in front of a gas…
By Pem Schaeffer Maine Wire columnist A few weeks back, I wrote on the subject of partisanship here on The…
By David Sorenson Over the years, Angus King and his friends have built up a tall tale about King as…
Sometimes, you hear a grand and glorious rant delivered by someone who’s had it up to his hairline with whatever…
“Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” – John Dalberg, Lord Acton By Harold A. Clough Before this Legislature leaves the…
To the Editor: This November voters in Maine’s Second Congressional District will choose between the Eastport Mustard Mechant, Kevin Raye,…
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and you can fool all of the people some…
By Jamie Py When gasoline went to $2.25, I can remember exactly where I was: coaching my son’s football team.…
The problem a lot of conservatives have with Mitt Romney’s campaign to date—as opposed to problems with Mitt Romney as…