By Paul Mills With the advent of late spring in Maine, thoughts turn to vacation travel plans or those taken in the past. One of the more intriguing vacations was pursued just…
by Paul H. Mills It’s a Patriot’s Day three-day weekend, an intriguing occasion to take a look at episodes here in Maine of the man whose midnight ride triggered the advent of…
By Paul Mills We’re now on the brink of yet another Super Tuesday, the first in which winner-take-all presidential primaries are permitted: Ohio and Florida. Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina are among…
By Paul Mills News this month emerged that at least five and possibly six citizen petition campaigns will be putting their claims before Maine voters later this year. From marijuana legalization to…
By Paul H. Mills
From hot cocoa to roasted nuts, advent of the new year has ushered in a sales tax on these and hundreds of previously exempt food items.…
By Paul Mills It’s the city which is to Maine what Ohio or Virginia is to our nation: the mother of chief executives. For just as Ohio and Virginia are the home…
By Paul Mills It’s 1935: Just 80 years ago at this time. It’s the year of FDR’s Second New Deal, one given impetus by the populist “Every Man a King”’ movement led…
By Paul Mills News earlier this month that Gov. Paul LePage had tapped former State GOP Chair Charlie Webster to be a Franklin County commissioner has put the spotlight on two of…
By Paul Mills Recent weeks in Maine and the nation have been among the most eventful if not turbulent we have experienced in some time. The Charleston church shootings, a Supreme Court…
By Paul Mills The recently concluded Boston Marathon bombing trial has been yet a further reminder of the stunning impact of terrorism on American soil. It’s been accompanied also by the release…