In selecting Minnesota Governor Tim Walz – a man with even less foreign policy experience than herself if that is…
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Established in the early 1980s, Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) programs have now become a common fixture nationwide. Despite…
The latest case of fighting racism with racism comes with an added dash of climate change hysteria-induced mental illness, courtesy…
As the girls rounded the corner into the last stretch before the finish line, I couldn’t help myself: “Go, girls,…
Once upon a time, a newspaper editorial was a beacon of thought, a voice that carried weight and commanded respect.…
President Joe Biden is out of the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination—whether he knows it or not—and already his lean and…
Following his abysmal performance in the first presidential debate and an embarrassing press conference where he called Kamala Harris “Vice…
On July 13, 2024, the 45th President of the United States and the same man likely to become the 47th president came…
In addition to lying on the presidential debate stage last week that no American troops had died under his watch…
An economist from the Arabella Advisers-backed Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) has admitted that illegal aliens entering the U.S.…
Since the 1990s, low-income and Medicare patients have depended on the 340B program to pay for drugs and medications at discounted…
President Joe Biden should not, cannot, — must not! — step aside for some other candidate to serve as the…
Last year, LD 1895 “An Act Regarding the Procurement of Energy from Offshore Wind Resources” passed, which got the ball…
Crony capitalism — driven entirely by Maine Democrats and far-left ideological extremists — has corrupted Maine’s energy market, and the…
The United States is in the middle of a genuine open-borders crisis that is leading us, at best, to the…
Controversy at the United States Supreme Court usually takes the form of high-profile cases that could reshape federal law. These…
The Bangor Daily News, a once-vital news source for northern Maine that has transmogrified into a left-wing taxpayer-subsidized propaganda rag,…
Editor’s Note: The group quota regime is a revolutionary threat which aims to overthrow the political order of the United…
Maine is emblematic of a phenomenon occurring nationwide. States controlled by one-party Democrat governments, intent on pushing radical agendas, are…
Several readers have forwarded the Bangor newspaper’s Monday story on illicit Chinese-controlled marijuana grow sites in Norridgewock, so I figured…
After much middle of the night reflection, I have reached at least two conclusions: First, Wilbur’s Woods needs to be…
During a critical housing shortage for Mainers, the state government continues to take in more migrants than it can accommodate. …
As a fellow bearer of a politically motivated felony conviction, I have some unsolicited advice for Donald J. Trump on…
Maine Democrats, a category that includes Sen. Angus King, regardless of what his alleged political pronouns are, have failed a…
On Thursday, the final act of former president Donald Trump’s show trial in New York was delivered. And just like…
Time to Address the “Vision Thing” on Ukraine Now that the Congress has signed off on what will be a…
This August, the Department of Education under the Biden Administration will put into effect its 1,500 page rule governing sex discrimination in…
Amid the snow-covered debate on Friday over a bill that would allow the state to seize firearms from Maine residents…
Maine’s recently defeated electric vehicle (EV) mandate tried to put the electric car before the battery. The citizen’s petition delivered…
“Set ups” are not right. In Maine and the Nation, law abiding gun-owners – Republicans, Independents, and Democrats – are…
It’s painful to watch a once-great newspaper commit professional suicide in slow motion. Sadly, the Bangor Daily News has transformed…
Recently, people from Joe Rogan to U.N. diplomats have argued that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, with Rogan going so far as to…
Two amendments to Article III of the Wisconsin Constitution are being voted on this week. They are pivotal for Wisconsin,…
Among radical ideas destined to run aground, “hard rudder left,” are recyclable diapers, solar-, wind-, and Flintstone cars, snowplows pulled…
Last month, Maine lawmakers killed a bill that would have stopped a regressive energy program and lowered energy costs for…
“Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war,” Mark Antony warns in Act of Three of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.…
In response to a rise in climate anxiety, particularly among young voters, politicians have made numerous “climate pledges” to transition…
Seldom in American history has a president so boldly insulted the American people, played demagogue, or taken us for fools…
Back before it much mattered — ie. when he was just a senator from Delaware, just the chairman of the…
Today, we are all Laken Hope Riley. If the name does not move you, it should. We are losing young people…
Maine’s public institutions, especially the government-run schools, have been consumed in recent years with crafting policies on the basis of…
Today is “Officers’ Day,” otherwise known as “Men’s Day” among those who served in the Soviet military. My former business…
While running as a Democrat for Attorney General of the State of New York, Letitia James referred to Donald Trump as a …
The following is an op-ed from Representative Reagan Paul: If you had a dollar for every time it was said…
Maine’s Second Congressional District is big — 27,326 square miles, encompassing what passes in Maine for cities, Lewiston-Auburn and Bangor,…
Let me ask you, what do you think China would do if President Xi discovered thousands of stealth drones, quiet…
Renowned conservative columnist Mark Steyn has been ordered by a Washington, D.C. jury to pay controversial global warming activist Michael…
Tucker Carlson is neither Walter Duranty (the notorious New York Times correspondent in Moscow in the 1930s who helped Josef Stalin cover…
Any among us that hoped the Senate negotiated border bill would somehow be better than the leaks had advertised were sadly disappointed…
The House of Representatives is poised to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas due to the ongoing invasion across…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) is set to deliver her annual State of the State address Tuesday evening. The speech, her…
I got the weirdest email the other night from Donald Trump. He said he loved me. It was very confusing,…
The mother of all migrant magnets has been under construction in Augusta for two decades, if not longer. Engineered and…
Sears Island has long been known as a place of tranquility and home to abundant wildlife, migratory birds, botanical resources,…
Official Washington is laying it on thick when it comes to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s “secret” hospitalization for colon…
With Colorado and now Maine having removed Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot due to his engaging in a so-called…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is not a victim and she is not oppressed, cry as she may on…
Notes from a parallel universe… AUGUSTA, Maine – Maine Secretary of State Eric Brakey declared Thursday that former U.S. Secretary…
Ten years ago, I wrote a column for the Bangor Daily News (back when it ran actual news) entitled “The…
In an eye-opening examination of higher education’s current climate, Bates College stands as a stark example of the struggles with…
Listening to Obama advisor David Axelrod compare the Hunter Biden probe to Benghazi, it suddenly becomes clear that among people for whom…
The following is an op-ed from Andrew Piantidosi, Congressional Candidate for CD-1 On October 7th the most egregious, and graphic,…
Education, particularly a college degree, has long been a ticket to the middle class and upward mobility in America. Unfortunately,…
The New Rule Will Not Reduce the Dirty Air We Inherit from Other States The goal as stated in the…
“Taxation without representation is tyranny.” A common saying in New England leading up to the American Revolution, this was a…
The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office has said it is investigating the illegal Marijuana grow facilities that have proliferated throughout northern…
“Mister Kissinger, he dead.” (with apologies to Joseph Conrad) As a little boy from Maine, the prospect of spending Thanksgiving…
In this column I have devoted most of this space to drawing attention to ways in which state government has…
The following is a letter to the editor from Rep. Reagan Paul (R-Winterport): As a member of the Energy, Utilities,…
This week for the first time in U.S. history, the cost of interest on the national debt passed $1 trillion…
The following is on op-ed submission from Bates Alumnus Roy Mathews At private schools, like Bates College, free speech is…
Last week, Gov. Janet Mills announced her intention to form a commission to investigate the events leading up to and following the shooting in…
While the Jewish state of Israel faces the threat of annihilation, it is cruelly ironic that anti-Semitism has gone mainstream…
On November 7, Mainers will be asked to go to the ballot box to weigh in on eight referendum questions…
The systemic failures that led to Robert R. Card Jr.’s mass murder spree on Oct. 25 in Lewiston demand multiple…
The invisible shield that has always protected the people of Maine from the insanity of modern American life has been…
The current death toll in Israel from the terrorist attack perpetrated by Hamas and Islamic Jihad continues to rise to…
The following op-ed was submitted to the Maine Wire by the Republican members of the Energy Committee and reflects the…
By now most Mainers have heard about the scandal surrounding Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, the top lawmaker in Maine…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Frank Lasee on September 26, 2023 National Lobster Day is a good time to…
Sam Patten had to survive getting nearly stabbed to death, twice, in order to live long enough to write the…
Gov. Janet Mills published the following radio address on Wednesday, finally weighing in decisively against a campaign by the Maine…
Mainers learned this week that left-wing mega donor Johann Georg Wyss, known as Hansjörg Wyss, bankrolled a national nonprofit’s purchase…
“How does a boy become a man?” Out of the blue, that question was put to my middle-aged son by…
Ignoring the Constitution is Becoming an American Pastime In an effort to address the economically crippling labor shortage in New…
You know you’ve struck a raw nerve when the majority party at the State House swamp blasts out a fundraising…
It was a perfect September setting at Gillette Stadium on Sunday for Patriot football: a misty overcast, intense humidity, and…
The COVID-19 authoritarians are on the march. Hospitals from California to Massachusetts are bringing back mask mandates. NPR is openly…
Maine Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook) has remained silent this week in the face of mortgage records, insurance records, and…
A top official in the Mills Administration told state employees at the Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS) Wednesday…
If you’re looking for a funny and educational review of how disastrous Marxist-inspired communism has been for mankind, you can…
Is Maine at risk of being transformed into a bastion for white-supremacist neo-Nazi deadbeats such as the loser who claims…
Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, a Democrat, agreed in a federally insured mortgage contract to make an Augusta house his…
Only eight U.S. states can boast that all-electric vehicles exceed 1 percent of all vehicles registered there. None are greater…
Maine’s liberals spent Friday bellyaching online because U.S. Rep. Jared Golden (ME-CD2), a Democrat, had the audacity to oppose President…
The following is an op-ed submission from Jay T. Allen, a board certified medical doctor currently living in Maine. He…
Lawrence Lockman of Bradley served four terms in the Maine House of Representatives, from 2012 to 2020. He is co-founder…
Another week, another boondoggle from the Mills Administration on energy. Now, Mills wants to shift our electricity production from cheaper…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed an executive order Wednesday intended to establish a new migrant resettlement office, telling the Portland…
Several of Maine’s largest newspapers – formerly owned by Masthead Media Company – will now fall under the ownership of…