Jared Golden’s time in office representing Maine’s 2nd Congressional District could be characterized as a success. After all, no one has compared him to Ted Cruz. Admittedly, that’s a low threshold. Given…
Maine is full of creative ideas for fixing state government – almost all of them bad. Term limits got rid of experienced legislators and replaced them with neophytes, many of whom turned…
Democrats seem to be under the impression Gov. Janet Mills would be a strong candidate for re-election in 2022. Republicans are convinced former Gov. Paul LePage would be a powerful challenger, who…
Who says the Maine Legislature is composed of a bunch of dinguses who can’t make hard decisions? Oh, that would be me. But a recent development may have called my judgment into…
Russell Gauvin should be fired from his job as chief of the Capitol Police. Not because he posted on Facebook that he believes the presidential election was invalid. Not because he shared…
The U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Sara Gideon is a complex biological organism, influenced not only by the campaigns of the aforementioned major party candidates, but…
In the complicated debate over how to correct injustices heaped upon Maine’s Indigenous People, there’s a word nobody dares to use. No, not the former name of what’s now known as the…
[This column was corrected to show that Bates’ victims did not directly notify Gideon’s office.] The trouble with being a politician is you have to associate with lots of creeps, mostly in…
Is Paul LePage the most influential politician in Maine? Nope. Not even close. LePage may be popular with those chuds who refuse to wear masks, are already declaring they won’t be vaccinated…
The state cops are spending $800,000 a year to spy on us. Oops, sorry. I didn’t mean spy. According to what state Commissioner of Public Safety Michael Sauschuck told a legislative committee…