All posts tagged "Opinion"
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Bear Referendum Not About Bears
By David Trahan – Don’t be fooled by the group calling itself, “Mainers for...
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Poliquin: I will defend the U.S. Constitution
Our nation’s founders painstakingly created one of the most lasting documents in human...
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Convention of States: Ignorance of Our History May Be Our Ruin
By Ken Quinn, Coalitions Director for the Convention of States Project in Maine...
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A Convention for Proposing Amendments: Facts vs. Fear
Is an Article V Convention for Proposing Amendments the same as a Constitutional...
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LePage: Wood-burning stoves get a regulatory chill
By Gov. Paul LePage – Spring is late this year throughout much of the...
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Frary: Jesus Christ in the Maine State House
Jesus wants Maine’s House of Representatives to expand Mainecare coverage. We know this...
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Editorial: Harsh Words No Excuse for Quashing Dissent
The following editorial was published in the March 4-10 edition of the Downeast Coastal...
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Lockman Responds to Liberal Blogger Mike Tipping
The following op-ed originally appeared in the March 3 edition of the Downeast...
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Donald Sussman’s newspaper censors a conservative voice (again)
The Portland-based Press Herald newspaper, a publication majority-owned by Democratic Party mega-donor S....
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Schaeffer: Human Capital and Maine’s Future
“There is no precedent in human history for economic growth on declining human...
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Maine’s budget blow-out would be worse if not for LePage pension reform
Once again, like a recurring nightmare, another gaping hole has been ripped in...
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Exclusive: The “Frary Juggernaut” will not challenge Saviello
THE ZEUS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY That would be me. It turns out that...
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Schaeffer: Progressives, stop torturing language
Could we puhleeease stop abusing common English for political purposes? This week I...
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Reactions to President Obama's SOTU Address
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Barack Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union...
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Reactions to President Obama’s SOTU Address
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Barack Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union...
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Schaeffer: Tooth Fairy Government: Bringing Medicaid expansion to a town near you
“It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for...
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Bucklin: In making Maine competitive, attitude is everything
Maine’s economy is beginning to show signs of relative competitiveness. After years of...
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Why did the BDN refuse to publish this letter to the editor?
The Bangor Daily News refused to publish the following letter to the editor...
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Has Maine's safety net turned into a hammock?
I was surprised to read in a recent op-ed column by state Sen....
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Has Maine’s safety net turned into a hammock?
I was surprised to read in a recent op-ed column by state Sen....
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Dirigo Health – High priced lessons learned
By Jonathan McKane — A tax in Maine has been repealed. After 10...
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Our View: Calls for transparency should be bipartisan
Every reasonable person would agree that transparent and accountable government is a good...
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Money Talks: Breaking down Michaud, Cutler and LePage's fundraising reports
AUGUSTA – Campaign finance reports for the three major candidates for governor...
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Money Talks: Breaking down Michaud, Cutler and LePage’s fundraising reports
AUGUSTA – Campaign finance reports for the three major candidates for governor...
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Frary: Senator Collins is not pleased with Hillary Clinton
On January 15 the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) produced its “Review...
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LTE: Expansionists Ignore Economic Reality
To the Editor: As I listened to some of the testimony on...
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Schaeffer: A Medicaid Bubble – and How to Get There
Maine Wire readers should be well aware that the most controversial policy issue...
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Frary: Maine’s Medicaid Expansion Follies
Mark Giangreco, my new friend at the Democratic Governor’s Association (DGA), just sent...
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Frary: Maine's Medicaid Expansion Follies
Mark Giangreco, my new friend at the Democratic Governor’s Association (DGA), just sent...
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The Welfare Party and the Working Party
The battle lines have been drawn for the coming session of the Maine...
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LTE: Progressivism is a disease
Marie Doucette of Saco Who are these progressives? They are mostly Democrats with...
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Obamacar: Building on Obamacare's runaway success
By P. C. Poppycock, Maine Wire correspondent Giddy over the devastatingly successful introduction...
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Why Obamacare Is Off the Rails
By Pem Schaeffer and Stanley Ralph The introduction of the Affordable Care Act...
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Misleading Arguments for Medicaid Expansion
The present conversation over Medicaid expansion, as witnessed daily in editorial pages and...
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Lockman: For Maine Democrats, welfare expansion, fishing trump sex trafficking
Maine’s highest-ranking Democrat lawmakers made a decision on Halloween Eve that distills and...
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Four reasons you can ignore that PPP poll
A Democratic polling firm’s survey of the 2014 gubernatorial race is garnering a...
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Frary: How to spot a lying sob and other matters of national importance
The Honorable William S. Cohen and Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) had a conversation...
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TMW Editorial: On human trafficking, Cain's leadership missing
Six Democrats on the Legislative Council voted on Oct. 30 to block a...
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Lockman: Preserve the safety net for the truly needy
“Health care is a right, not a privilege.” How often have people heard...
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Cautionary tale about solar energy
The California company SolarCity estimates that it will install 1 million new rooftop...
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M.D. Harmon: What does a conservative writer read?
What does a conservative writer read? While the half-dozen names (plus one) on...
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M.D. Harmon: National Park Service antics diminish president
“This is most closed, control-freak administration I’ve ever covered.” — David E. Sanger,...
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M.D. Harmon: U.N. Gun Control Treaty Threatens Bill of Rights
Does it make a difference if the United States “adopts” an international treaty...
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M.D. Harmon: Conservatives must fight fire with fire
One of the things that continues to irk me is how conservatives in...
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M.D. Harmon: President's Syria Intervention Unwise
Vice President Joe Biden said in 2007 that President George W. Bush should...
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SHOCKING REMARK AT GUBERNATORIAL FUND-RAISER
Two Democrats say Mike Michaud made an intelligent remark during a fund-raiser. This...
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M.D. Harmon: LoFo voters, biased media bolster Obamacare apologists
One of the current political buzzwords is “LoFo voter,” a short way to...
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Frary: Obamacare in Maine
“RE: Changes to the 2014 Verso Health Benefits Program,” a memo sent to...
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M.D. Harmon: Anti-gun liberals prefer emotion over fact
Anti-gun groups in the culture at large, along with significant voices in the...
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Frary: This Town and Olympia Snowe
A new best seller, This Town, by Mark Leibovich presents some interesting points of...
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M.D. Harmon: The Tax Man Cometh
“The bottom line is we’re not broke, there’s plenty of money, it’s just...
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Frary: Connecting some dots…
Danny Kanner, Lis Smith, Mark Giangreco, and Governor Peter Shumlin, my new best...
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Trahan: Humane Society of the United States and local animal shelters are not the same thing
Soon the Humane Society of the United States, (HSUS) will initiate their anti-bear...
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M.D. Harmon: The post-Obama economic recovery
“I think every president in the intense media environment we have now, certainly...
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M.D. Harmon: Who to blame for the death of Detroit?
“Detroit is the rotten fruit of uncontested progressive socialism.” — Editorial, Investor’s Business...
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Fredette: Building a better Maine will require change of direction, attitude
We have just concluded the first legislative session in Augusta since Democrats retook...
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M.D. Harmon: The Lawless Presidency
As many Americans contemplate the depressing fact that we are only six months...
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M.D. Harmon: In Zimmerman trial, DOJ and media fan flames of controversy
How did the second-degree murder trial of so-called “white Hispanic” George Zimmerman for...
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Frary: Stop the LePage Agenda?
The Democratic Governor’s Association (DGA) has posted petitions to “Stop the LePage Agenda”...
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M.D. Harmon: LePage's 2014 bid gives hope to Maine fiscal conservatives
Being a conservative in Maine, at least in my experience, has involved enduring...
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M.D. Harmon: Unintended consequences of Obama's new CAFE standards could be deadly
Can the Obama administration rewrite the laws of physics? Of course it can’t,...
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M.D. Harmon: Obama's Syria intervention is poor policy
“I am not opposed to all wars. I am opposed to dumb wars.”...
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Op-Ed: Portland City Council’s Proposed Nanny-State Regulations Ignore Science and Economics
By Paul Blair — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has friends in Portland, Maine....
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Op-Ed: A (former) Quebecer in Yankee country
By Pierre Lemieux – The history of New England and Québec have been...
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M.D. Harmon: Liberty or Security?
“I’m a U.K. citizen hoping soon to become a U.S. citizen, a lifelong...
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Schaeffer's Immutable Laws
By Pem Schaeffer — Dr. Thomas Sowell, the prolific scholar and author at the...
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Lockman: Maine's public schools in for reality check
By Rep. Lawrence E. Lockman (R-Amherst) For compelling evidence that Maine’s public schools...
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M.D. Harmon: Texas Gov Rick Perry revives competitive federalism
The Politico website has noted that there is a Republican governor giving Democrats...
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Letter: Education stakeholders put kids last
By Julie Norsworthy On Friday May 17th my sons and I entered the Cross...
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M.D. Harmon: America Decline
“From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military...
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M.D. Harmon: LePage's education reforms a win for Maine students
All the flapping, squawking and screeching that greeted the LePage administration’s “letter-grade” ranks...
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Frary: Looking to the 2014 gubernatorial election
“Stop Paul LePage’s Agenda! Governor Paul LePage’s extreme policies have hurt Mainers. During...
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M.D. Harmon: The Denier-in-Chief
“That the power to tax involves the power to destroy (is) not to...
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Op-Ed: Life, Liberty and the Gang of Eleven
Here, I’d like to discuss the so-called Gang of Eleven’s LD 1496, designated...
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M.D. Harmon: Gang of Ocho Immigration Bill to Cost Taxpayers $6.3 Trillion
When a proposed law is drafted for consideration by the Maine Legislature, it...
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M.D. Harmon: The $4.4 Billion Pigford Boondoggle is Criminal Conspiracy
Somehow, it’s appropriate that a multibillion-dollar slam-bang government porkfest in which tens of...
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New Internet Sales Tax Threatens New Hampshire
This column originally appeared in the April 24, 2013 edition of the New...
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The New Climate Science Deniers: Liberals
“Despite these relentless setbacks for the climate campaign, environmentalists are not going gentle...
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Bucklin: Restore Maine's Competitiveness by Ending Forced Unionism
The Way Life Should Be. Our motto rings true as Maine consistently ranks...
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Humor: "Truth in Packaging;" what bill titles should say…
“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have...
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LESSONS FOR TODAY FROM THE IMMORTALS, BUCKLEY AND REAGAN
LESSONS FOR TODAY FROM THE IMMORTALS, BUCKLEY AND REAGAN Remarks by Neal B....
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M.D. Harmon: Gun control, from Washington, DC to Augusta
This was “gun week” in Augusta, with lawmakers lined up to conduct hearings...
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Earth Day Exposes the Ironies of the Left’s Trendy Environmentalism
On April 22, in cities across America, some environmental activists will celebrate Earth...
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Sirocki: Controversial Activist Group Gets It Wrong on Taxes
By Rep. Heather Sirocki – Here in Maine, we value our privacy and our...
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Citizens United: Leftist groups push amendment to liberate us from our liberties
In response to the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal...
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M.D. Harmon: Former Reaganite Offers Dire Economic Warning
If America’s fiscal state is as bad as David Stockman thinks it is,...
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M.D. Harmon: Conservative Schisms May Spawn Democratic Hegemony
Is the U.S. conservative movement (or, more precisely, the Republican Party, which is...
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M.D. Harmon: Right To Home-educate Assailed From U.S. To Germany
Maine is an easy state in which to exercise your right as a...
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M.D. Harmon: New Generation of GOP All-Stars Show Worthy Alternatives to Romney and Obama
Before the 2012 presidential campaign got going in earnest, there was a boomlet...
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Letter to the Editor: Preservationists ignore human toll
By Sandy George, Montville The inspiration for offering this opinion was a personal...
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Op-Ed: A Six-pack, your credit card, and the car keys, please…
I’m getting real tired of being lectured about morality by the Speaker of...
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Op-Ed: An Opportunity For Fiscal Responsibility
By Rep. Kathleen Chase (R-Wells) If most of us won a small lottery and...
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Heritage Foundation: Welfare Reform is Back
By Rachel Sheffield Heritage Foundation Last summer, the Obama Administration gutted the successful 1996...
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M.D. Harmon: Surprise! Sequestration happened and world did not end
News reports told us of an odd and tragic circumstance recently when a...
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Trahan: Journalists should focus on the bad guys
Some within the media have wrapped themselves in the flag of the freedom...
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UN Agenda 21: Land Conservation is Trojan Horse for Big Government
By Diana George Chapin On Feb. 23 the Bangor Daily News and Lewiston Sun...
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M.D. Harmon: Department of Peacebuilding?
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum — Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, c. 400...
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M.D. Harmon: New Local Taxes Are Not The Solution, Fiscal Restraint Is
Tuesday’s paper had some interesting headlines on the front page. To start with,...
