If there’s one thing everybody in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District can agree on, it’s … nothing. The sprawling blob that takes up most of the state is composed of dozens of disparate…
Maine’s policy on casinos is easy to explain. There isn’t one. The state’s two gambling emporiums (emporia?) came into existence after expensive referendums (referenda?) pushed through by local front groups for big,…
Amending the state Constitution is like pumping out the septic tank. Sometimes, it has to be done, but the less often, the better. Since Maine became a state in 1820, it has…
It’s easy to understand why some politicians would want to legalize prostitution. The two occupations share an astonishing number of similarities. I’ll leave the more lurid aspects of those overlapping job descriptions…
There is no more divisive issue among Maine sportsmen and women than Sunday hunting. I have no idea if that’s actually true, but it makes for a snappy first sentence. My knowledge…
In public, heads of major utilities almost never say what they really think. That’s because what they really think is: Screwing over the public is so much fun. You can see the…
There are few bunglers more incompetent than the ones who run Central Maine Power. One of the only exceptions is the bunglers who run state government. CMP executives are tone-deaf, money-grubbing, project-botching…
What Maine Senate President Troy Jackson needs is a copy of “A Kiddie’s Guide to the U.S. Constitution: Simple Explanations of Our Country’s Fundamental Document Using Only Very Small Words and Lotsa…
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills took drastic steps last year to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic by requiring everyone in Maine to wear chastity belts. For males, that requirement not only caused serious…
According to certain supposed experts in governmental affairs, what Maine needs is more bitterly fought political campaigns. These authorities (sorta) claim the state is deficient in wall-to-wall TV campaign spots, paid for…