Another day, another alarming inflation metric. We just got the numbers for the Personal Consumption Expenditures index (PCE), the Federal…
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Itâs hard to decide who is worse, actor Jussie Smollett, who faked a racist and homophobic attack in order to…
Over the last year, frequent communications from University of Maine System leaders Chancellor Malloy and UM/UMM President Ferrini-Mundy endorsed âequityâ…
Mandatory motor vehicle inspections already cost Mainers $14 million and countless hours of wasted time every single year, but just…
Despite inflation running at a 40-year high, the Biden administration is pushing ahead with plans to hike wages for federal…
As a physician â one who has dedicated his career to treating lung diseases â it has become clear to…
Early in the coronavirus pandemic, I asked a simple question. Could Swedenâs laissez-faire approach to the coronavirus actually work? Unlike…
In December of 1994, a United States Capitol Police Officer shot and killed Marcelino Corniel in front of the White House. Corniel…
President Woodrow Wilson wanted a professional bureaucracy that was apolitical. The theory sounded great but was unfortunately based on a…
Ten months ago, Jeremy Siegel issued a dire warning about the trajectory of prices. “The money supply since the beginning…
Weakness is a contagion. Years in the future, when the historians are done analyzing our present moment, they may well…
Ghislane Maxwellâs attorneys say that three jurors concealed their experience of sexual abuse. One described in an interview with the…
This article is excerpted from LiberatED, a weekly email newsletter where FEE Senior Education Fellow Kerry McDonald brings you news…
On Feb. 25, the CDC made its expected announcement that it was updating its framework to monitor and contain COVID-19.…
I was working on several items closer to home but events in Ukraine overtook me. Last week was one of…
One day Iâm reading an internal memo commissioned by the Democratic Party to provide advice to dealing with Covid policy.…
Russian soldiers flooded into Ukraine Thursday under orders from President Vladimir Putin, threatening to obliterate a peace that has existed…
One of the basic functions of government is to right wrongs. When all else fails, we resort to the legal…
At a âladies nightâ fundraiser in Toronto in 2013, an up-and-coming politician was asked which nationâs administration he admired most…
Antitrust is a hot topic in Washington lately. The pervasive reach of big technology companies into our personal lives and…
On February 2nd, the 2022 Walk-for-Vets kicked off in Augusta. People are walking 2.2 miles in 22 states for a 22 day-long…
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban recently announced his latest, ground-breaking innovation, and itâs one that should catch the attention of Americans.…
The New York Times Style Sectionâs Modern Love column on February 13 was entitled âWhat Is Black Love Todayâ and described as…
A new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supposedly shows that wearing a face mask in public…
The dominoes are falling. In just the last month, public leaders of numerous (though not all) European countries, the nation of Israel,…
Central Maine Power provides electricity about 80% of residential customers in Maine, including my house. Factors that influence electricity consumption include the size of…
It takes incredible arrogance for lawmakers and bureaucrats to assume they know what’s best for us. But that qualityâarroganceâis precisely what weâve seen since the start of the pandemic.
Weâre into year three of the COVID-19 pandemic. From mask mandates to vaccine passports, government restrictions on our liberties remain…
On January 27, Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer formally announced his intention to resign at the end of the current term…
It wasn’t long ago that “normal” schooling meant public school, understood as some variation on the theme of classes punctuated…
Can we do anything lawful and legitimate to âprotect, defend, and preserveâ America as we know it? I don’t know…
Last week, Democrats brought to the Senate floor The Freedom to Vote Act and The John Lewis Voting Rights Act.…
On Saturday, newly minted Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, declared an end to mask mandates in the state’s public…
On Wednesday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided new research showing that, during the recent Delta…
On January 12, while driving, I listened to the Maine CDCâs weekly COVID-19 briefing conducted by Maine DHHS Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew and…
Last week, the US Census Bureau released its âNew Vintage 2021 Population Estimatesâ for the United States and surrounding territories.…
The optimistic scenario goes like this. America shakes off what remains of the pandemic in the coming months without the…
In the Washington Post on December 18, three retired generals wrote that they are concerned about the military staging a coup in…
The NCAA on Thursday released its new COVID-19 guidance for winter sports, and the guidance contains some important news. As…
Yesterday, the first legislative day of the second session of the 130th Legislature, majority Democrats moved to return to remote…
Last year on January 6, I took the day off to go skiing with my son. We got up early…
Itâs 2022 but youâd be forgiven for thinking itâs still 2020âespecially if you have children enrolled in K-12 district schooling.…
Every holiday season, Senator Rand Paul honors the fictional Seinfeld holiday âFestivus,â an annual airing of grievances, with a report…
In its December 1st editorial, âSome serious crimes still go unreported,â the Press Herald writes that recently released crime statistics…
Elon Musk made a bold claim on Twitter on Tuesday. The Tesla founder said he would âpay more taxes than…
The current Portland City Charter Commission is worse than the 2009-10 one. The last one was prompted by widespread dissatisfaction…
The most widely-used metrics of consumer price inflation are hitting their highest levels in decades, with the Consumer Price Index…
âAttacks on me are, quite frankly, attacks on science,â said Anthony Fauci to widespread ridicule or approval, depending upon which…
Earlier this year, schools around the country received more than a hundred billion dollars from the federal governmentâAmerican taxpayers, in…
Governments around the world took drastic measures in 2020 in hopes of slowing the spread of COVID-19, in many cases…
In late November, the Revenue Forecasting Committee (RFC), a branch of the Maine Legislatureâs Office of Fiscal and Program Review,…
My son recently underwent what was once a common rite of passage: his first job. He now balances the demands…
President Joe Biden once bizarrely remarked on the 2020 campaign trail, âMilton Friedman isnât running the show anymore.â It shows.…
Last month, inflation in the US reached 6.2%, the highest year-over-year increase in more than three decades. Measured via the Bureau…
Abraham Lincoln once famously said, âThe philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government…
Itâs hard to know whatâs real and whatâs fake on the internet these days. So when I stumbled on a…
On November 9, the Portland City Councilâs Safety Committee voted to approve a sweeping ban on the sale of all…
The fate of President Bidenâs multi-trillion-dollar social spending agenda, the âBuild Back Betterâ plan, has consumed the political conversation in…
Politicians have been on a high over the last year-plus, wielding extraordinary power with the approval of voters fearful of…
With President Bidenâs federal vaccine mandate and local government employment mandates looming, the future of countless workers is up in…
A recent analysis of the data in Maine CDCâs Health Care Worker COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard revealed that, while rates of…
This past election day, Mainers faced two contentious statewide ballot questions, but many local initiatives faced the scrutiny of voters…
Reports across Maine over the last month have detailed the several healthcare facilities forced to curtail services because of staffing shortages.…
We shouldnât be too surprised that the ongoing exodus from public schools is leading those loyal to government-run schooling to…
Cigarette sales in the United States rose last year for the first time in two decades, according to data published by the Federal Trade…
The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic will go down in American history as one of loss, economic suffering, and…
Should government officials be allowed to choose which journalists report on them? Most Americans probably would say no, because the First…
Many parents pulled their children out of school last year for homeschooling and other private options, as schools remained shuttered…
As one-size-fits-all COVID vaccine mandates sweep government, academia, and corporate America, new data are emerging that undermine the public health…
A new publication from Maine Policy Institute shows which municipalities in Maine allow public K-12 education funding to follow their…
That darn First Amendment. This week, The Maine Wire learned that the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Today, Maine Policy Institute released a new analysis on the scope of educational options available for Maine families based on…
On Monday, US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona touted new academic research to show that masks have been effective at reducing…
Since the world learned of a novel coronavirus emerging from Wuhan, China in December 2019, there has been no shortage…
The pandemic was a test of Americaâs public health bureaucracy. It failed.
President Biden and his progressives allies are advancing a historic $4.5+ trillion spending plan that would vastly expand the governmentâs…
In the wake of a devastating pandemic and the resulting economic consequences, the United States has incurred a considerable amount…
The Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee have sent a letter to the White House asserting that “the security…
On August 12, Maine Governor Janet Mills issued an emergency rule change through the state Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)…
States are sovereign political entities. The United States Constitution lays out the powers relinquished by the several states and the people and loaned to the federal government…
Unions dropped a whopping $67 million in hidden political spending between 2019 and 2020, according to a new study from…
As the data stand right now, deaths are not on pace with new infections across the country, and we are still in a much better position in the pandemic than just a few months ago, so letâs act like it.
It is far past time to reopen the border between the United States and Canada. Even Gov. Janet Mills agrees…
Bad infrastructure and an unreliable power grid. These are among the top reasons CNBC ranked Maine in 48th place for…
Progress is progress, and that should be celebrated. These billionaires going to space is the first step in the democratization of space travel, and they are doing it far more efficiently than our government ever could.
Clearly, the vast majority of people taking advantage of IRAs are everyday Americans who have a modest amount saved for their retirement. Congress was the one to create this avenue for saving, and now they are trying to backpedal.
The unemployment rate in Maine remained stuck at 4.8% for the fifth straight month, according to recent report from the…
In another attempt to âfollow the science,â a pediatrics group has issued guidance that does the exact opposite. The American…
Gov. Janet Mills fortunately stopped a sloppy, misguided attempt to put a loaded ballot question to voters in November, but…
The changes include an increase of one dollarâ from $3 to $4â for drivers who pay in cash at the York toll plaza and the slashing of discounts for frequent E-ZPass-holding travelers.
The government has spent its way into an inflationary mess, which weâve already felt at the gas pump, among other places. Donât be surprised if everyday expenses continue to be more costly and your disposable income starts to fall.
When one group of lawmakers shirk their Constitutional duty and walk out on their constituents, any potential for dialogue is lost, as is the opportunity to deliver for the people of their state.
In recent months, weâve heard a lot about child care in the news and from pundits. Whether itâs the so-called…
Saying âno emergency is going to be perfect,â Facteau outlined his hesitancy to limit the powers the governor has during a time of need in the interview.
Individual responsibility and autonomy will always outweigh government coercion, and that includes getting vaccinated for COVID-19.
What was supposed to be both a fun and educational opportunity for families across Maine was morphed into a political football and, now, as a result, wonât be able to be enjoyed.
Though the ban is a win for now, Millsâ next moves towards offshore wind must be vigilantly watched as future development plans take form just off of Maineâs shores.
LD 1117 would have accomplished nothing in terms of lowering prescription drug costs for Mainers, and Mills was right to veto it.
The Courtâs decision on Carson v. Makin could stop this kind of state-sanctioned favoritism for good and put religious schools on equal footing with public ones.
Facial recognition tech cannot be used as a tool by the government for mass surveillance. Thankfully, the Legislature has put a stop to such a situation becoming a reality in Maine.