All posts tagged "Opinion"
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Conservatives Win Victories Tuesday Night In Portland, Elsewhere
With a $1.3 million campaign that dominated their opponents, it was no surprise...
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If At First You Don’t Succeed, Spend More?
On Tuesday, Mainers will head to the polls to decide whether their state...
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Do Clean Elections Increase Competitiveness? Research Says Probably Not
The debate over Question 1’s tweaking of the Maine Clean Elections Act (MCEA) has...
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Pro-Marijuana Groups Join Forces to Push Ballot Initiative
On Monday, two pro-marijuana groups in Maine – the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana...
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Posik: Boehner’s Last Deal
Days from stepping down as Speaker of the House, John Boehner and other...
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Poliquin: President Puts Nation At Risk By Vetoing NDAA
As a Member of Congress, there is no greater honor than standing up...
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Martin: The Future of Drug-Testing Programs in Maine
After a thoroughly objective evaluation of the many aspects and implications surrounding state...
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Poliquin: Washington Must Keep Its Promises To Our Seniors
One of the greatest challenges facing our nation today is the preservation of...
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Strout: The Media’s Inexplicable Attack On DHHS
In the past few weeks, media outlets have slammed Maine’s Department of Health...
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Frary: What’s a Proteus?
There are three possible answers to this question. In Greek mythology, Proteus was...
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Poliquin: Congress Must Take Care of Our Veterans
Our Veterans, and their families, answered the ultimate call of duty to protect...
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Frary: Following the Money Behind Question One
Mainers for Accountable Elections, operating as a front for Maine Citizens for Clean...
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Posik: Clinton Campaign Rides Dangerous Wave Of Progressive Public Opinion
At least a few times in presidential election cycles, we will observe a...
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Frary: Some Questions About Proposition 1
FIRST: HAS THE CLEAN ELECTIONS LAW IMPROVED LEGISLATION? The Maine Clean Elections Act...
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Martin: The Scapegoating of Lobbyists
For too long politicians have successfully used professional lobbyists as scapegoats. They mislead...
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Poliquin: We Must Protect Maine’s Natural Beauty
Maine is home to some of our Nation’s most breathtaking landscapes, diverse wildlife,...
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Part V: How Judicial Activism Devastated TANF Drug-Testing Programs
As promised in part four, this fifth installment explores how the courts have...
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Posik: One Simple Reason Why We Should Defund Planned Parenthood
Last week, social media was buzzing with yet another trending clickbait article, but...
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Major Donor to Maine Campaign Finance Group Has History of Attempting to Buy Election
Sean Eldridge, a major financier of Mainers for Accountable Elections, the group behind...
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Martin: Why Have Past State TANF Drug-Testing Programs Been So Ineffective?
One of the most common criticisms lauded against state TANF drug-testing programs is...
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Poliquin: Eat Your (Local) Veggies
Maine farmers produce some of the highest quality fruits and vegetables in the...
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Posik: Fiorina emerges despite abysmal debate coverage by CNN
What we saw two nights ago at the second GOP debate was an...
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Strout: Why Won’t Campaign Finance “Reformers” Lead By Example?
This November, the people of Maine will have the opportunity to vote on...
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Stephens: Whack-a-Mole for Business
Last week , after over forty years in business, A Maine institution closed...
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Poliquin: The Iran Nuclear Agreement Is A Bad Deal
Let me be clear, I will never support any deal that leads to...
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Martin: You Can’t Impeach The Facts, But You Can Ignore Them
Since June, condemnably unfounded accusations of “blackmail” and “power overreach” in regards to...
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Robinson: Sussman-Pingree Split Spells Trouble for Liberals
It was supposed to be a love for the ages. Yet, tragically, billionaire...
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Frary: Fiorina Wows at The Maine Heritage Policy Center
Last Thursday I helped enhance Maine’s reputation for hospitality by hosting Carly Fiorina...
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Posik: Campaign Promises Are Empty Promises
During campaign season, every presidential hopeful makes promises to the electorate hoping to...
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Martin: Weekly Drug Testing Series Part III – The CASA Study
There is a heavy dose of irony in the efforts of those who...
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Martin: Weekly Drug Testing Series Part II – Responding to the Criticisms
Following the first phase of screenings in Maine’s new drug-testing program for TANF...
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Posik: Cost of Doing Business Is Still Too High In Maine
If I had a dollar for every time a liberal professor of mine...
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Something’s Gotta Give: O’Sullivan’s First Law and Political Gravitational Pull
I’ve often generalized about Republican’s and Democrats by saying that the former almost...
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Poliquin: How I’ve Reduced Washington’s Burden On Mainers
Maine is home to the most skilled, honest and dedicated workers in the...
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Boone: A Modest Proposal, with apologies to Jonathan Swift
Our Western civilization is approaching a great day. But a lot of work...
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The TANF Drug-Testing Weekly Series Part I: Clarifying Exactly How Maine’s New Drug-Testing Program for TANF Recipients Works
This is the first installment of a weekly series focused on discussing how...
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Poliquin: How To Make College Affordable
As a parent, I believe the three most lasting gifts we can give...
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Martin: The Democratic Party’s Civil War
There has been much discussion in the media in recent years of a...
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Poliquin: We Need To Expand Opportunities For Young Mainers
Maine is home to the best loggers and truckers in the Country. Unfortunately,...
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Sigaud: Is Trump Part of Hillary’s Strategy?
There are two common interpretations of Donald Trump’s campaign for President. The first views...
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Martin: Maine Is Tired Of Janet Mills’ Partisanship
If Maine had an Attorney General (AG) that was publicly elected, Janet Mills...
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Posik: Black Lives Matter Movement Is Losing Relevance
Has anyone else lost sight of the message behind the Black Lives Matter...
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Stephens: What Ever Happened To Public Service?
There was a time when serving in State and Federal office was considered...
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Strout: The Liberals’ Hypocritical Dark Money Machine
Last week, a group of Mainers rallied in Augusta in support of a...
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Frary: The Democratic Party’s Apology Failure
On June 29 the Central Maine Papers published a column in which I...
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Frary: Down the Slippery Slope to a Decision with Angus King
Late in July, Senator Angus King took a bold position on the Iran...
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Sigaud: An Objective Look at Constitutional Carry
One of the bright spots for Republicans this legislative session was the passage...
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Education Savings Accounts and the Future of School Choice in Maine
Sixty years ago Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman argued that just because we...
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Posik: Sen. Sanders a Candidate of the Past, not the Future
Independent Vermont Senator and 2016 presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is making headway in...
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BDN Wrong about Income Tax and Spending
There’s an old adage that goes “If you have the facts on your...
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Strout: The Economic Fallacy Behind Trump and Sanders Protectionist Rhetoric
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump represent two opposite ends of the political...
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Poliquin: Cities Must Enforce Immigration Laws
I’m a proud Franco-American. Like many Mainers, my ancestors came from Canada to...
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A Breakdown of the Veto Dispute
Over the past few weeks, there has been significant discussion in the Maine...
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Poliquin: The Dodd-Frank Act Is Hurting Maine Businesses
Today marks the 5th anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act. On this occasion, I’d...
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Posik: Trump’s Rhetoric Damaging to America and Republican Party
Political pundits have known since President Obama’s re-election that in 2016, a deep...
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Poliquin: The EPA’s War On Maine Paper Mills
Maine is home to the most skilled paper makers in the world. Our...
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The Trouble With Political Polls
It’s no secret that politicians often rely on polls to craft their message,...
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Stephens: The Illusion of an American Energy Policy
If you look up “policy” in the dictionary, you will get several options:...
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Scontras: The Problem With Bernie Sanders’ Revolutionary Rhetoric
I watched the speech that socialist-cum-Democrat nominee Bernie Sanders delivered to a packed...
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A Nanny-State Government is Not the Solution
In the aftermath of a tragedy, there is often an outcry for government to...
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Poliquin: Taking Care Of Veterans Outweighs Petty Politics
Honoring the service and sacrifice of our Veterans, members of the military, and...
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Robinson: Decision to fire Eves deserves further investigation
The headline in my Facebook newsfeed belonged to Ethan Strimling. “Decision to fire...
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Posik: Legislators Took The Easy Way Out By Overriding Veto
Following secretive, last minute negotiations leading up to the compromise biennial budget, the 127th Legislature...
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Poliquin: We Should Honor Veterans By Providing Quality Healthcare
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,...
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A Bad Deal for Maine
On Monday, Gov. LePage is expected to veto the legislature’s $6.7 biennial state...
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Spare me your tears, Mr. Eves
Ask any average person what they hate most about their government, and you’ll...
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Poliquin: How ObamaCare Hurts Maine Companies And Sends Jobs To China
For years, hard-working Maine companies, such as Hardwood Products and Puritan Companies of...
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Posik: Are Secret Negotiations The New Business As Usual?
The Maine Legislature approved a $6.7 billion biennial budget Tuesday morning, just in...
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Poliquin: Obama’s TPA Would Kill Maine Jobs
For decades, Maine’s Second Congressional District was home to dozens of thriving paper,...
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Hitchcock: Tourism Trumps Excitement in Maine
A few weeks ago, fellow Maine Wire columnist Christine Rousselle wrote an op-ed piece...
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Poliquin: The Export-Import Bank Must Be Held Accountable
Maine’s Second District is home to the hardest-working, most honest people that you...
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Poliquin: The Federal Reserve Continues To Resist Oversight
According to 2012 reports, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which is made...
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Posik: Governor Leads the Way on Welfare Reform
Governor LePage promised the people of Maine while campaigning for both of his...
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Hitchcock: Maine Doesn’t Need OUI Standards for Marijuana
Recently, the Maine Legislature has been discussing whether the government should set a...
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The “And” Case: Why a Three-Letter Word Is Worth $36 Million
On Wednesday, the Maine Public Utilities Commission decided not to reconsider their decision...
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Rousselle: Why Young People Aren’t Returning to Maine
I love Maine. I was born there. I spent 18 years of my life...
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Poliquin: Made-In-Maine, Free-Market Solutions to ObamaCare
For several years, families and small businesses have suffered from the negative effects...
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Posik: “Welfare cliff” Debate Exemplifies Exactly What is Wrong in Maine
In a state where nearly half of its population is enrolled in some...
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Frary: Paul LePage and Philip K. Howard
Jon Stewart has spent some time on his “Daily Show” scorning Paul LePage. Yet...
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Poliquin: Congress Must Act On Welfare Reform
There is no doubt a large number of Maine people have seen the...
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Rousselle: There’s No Real Reason to Oppose Voter ID
I was disappointed to learn that the Maine Legislature had once again voted...
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Posik: Municipal Minimum Wage Dispute Unavailing
Can individual municipalities in Maine assess their own minimum wage, or is that...
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Poliquin: We Must Ensure Single Parents Can Provide for Their Children
Raising a child alone is one of the hardest things to do. Far...
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Quinn: Maine Joins Convention of States Movement
Maine recently joined 35 other states this year in filing the Convention of...
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Money in politics? No problem.
There will be no problem with money in politics this year. Such problems...
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Frary: Some Ground Rules For Discussing the Clinton Candidacy
Now that Mrs Clinton has openly disclosed her intention to run as a Democrat,...
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Poliquin: Congress Works To Strengthen Cybersecurity
Time and time again, our seniors, businesses and local governments’ private information is...
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Deregulation of Hotels: A Smart Move for All
Last Monday, a senior adviser to Governor Paul R. LePage revealed that the...
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Rousselle: Abolish the Minimum Wage
Gov. Paul LePage’s call for restrictions on towns setting their own specific minimum...
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Poliquin: Veterans Deserve the Health Care They Were Promised
Last year, we discovered that veterans in Phoenix, Arizona, had waited for more...
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Poliquin: More Jobs, More Opportunities and More Freedoms
For generations, hard-working Maine families have balanced their checkbooks at the kitchen table....
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Hitchcock: Why the “Fair Pint” Beer Bill is Not Needed
On Monday, Governor LePage vetoed LD 122, An Act to Standardize Pints of...
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Robinson: Advice for the Democrats
What is going on with the Maine Democratic Party? Former Democratic Rep. Stan...
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Scontras: The Laws of Economics Apply to Healthcare Too
Recently on Twitter, a very non-political friend of mine posted something about the...
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Rousselle: Missouri Is Right to Curb What SNAP Funds Can Buy; Other States Should Follow
Before I begin, let’s go over a few basics. “Food stamps” are a...
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Jackson: Maine Must Continue Down Path of Welfare Reform
Late last October, a political pundit turned to me and said “You know...
