It was easy to identify the low point in the Judiciary Committee’s Kavanaugh nomination deliberations. I refer, of course, to Sen. Cory Booker’s stump-speech histrionics. Lacking H.L. Mencken’s talent, I will swipe…
Writing about President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Brookings Institute scholars Maya Sen and William Spaniel point out that “a like-minded Senate and president can benefit from keeping the nominee’s preferences…
Viewing it from the distance through a haze of indifference, the casual observer will detect no deep fissures or jagged fragmentation in Maine’s Democratic Party. The gubernatorial candidates flying out of the…
“I’ve been a proponent of the Second Amendment my whole life … I cannot express how wrong I was … Enough is enough … We need gun control RIGHT.NOW.” This emotional reaction…
By John Frary Last week the Portland Press Herald reported that Rep. Drew Gattine (D-Westbrook) is demanding that Gov. LePage find a way to pay for Medicaid expansion. This makes a kind…
There was a outburst of political activity in Farmington last Thursday, Sept. 21. I played a minor role myself by manning the Republican table in the Exhibition Hall during the Fair. By…
Boston’s rally in defense of free speech on Aug. 20 had a feature seldom seen in our great and free Republic. The police department prevented the media from coverage. It decreed “NO…
I read an interesting review with a Republican primary contestant for the nomination to run for a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts. This interested me because it pits a successful entrepreneur and…
By John Frary The first post-election meeting of the Republican State Committee fairly sparkled with good cheer. Not every hope had been realized, but every fear had been averted. The Republicans still…
By John Frary Let me clear: I’m warmly pro-bear and have been since my days in the cradle. Mother claimed that when my Teddy Bear lost a button-eye I remained in mourning…