Some of my readers have a warped view of my political bent. “You are a right-wing, [naughty word], [another naughty word] conservative,” one e-mail said. “You’re a [very naughty word with several syllables].”…
By District 89 Rep. Lance Harvell, R-Farmington After a whirlwind campaign and jumping into the legislative process already in full swing, I am just starting to feel comfortable. I want to thank…
Dear Farmington Voters, I encourage everyone to go and vote at the ballot booth on Monday, March 9th to move Farmington’s Annual Town Meeting from a “Monday Night” to a Saturday daytime event.…
I hope that everyone in Strong will vote on Friday. The polls are open from 1 to 6 p.m. I am running again for selectman and would appreciate your vote. I will…
To the Citizens of Farmington: Our nation, along with our state and community, is faced with a major economic downturn, one that causes us to make very deliberate decisions on our personal…
Is it possible to tax stupidity? If so, Maine could generate enough revenue to eliminate the income tax, the property tax, the excise tax, the inheritance tax and the sales tax on…
For many years, in cooperation with the Titcomb Mountain Ski Club, our community has been graced by the UMF Alpine Snow Kids Learn to Ski Program. This program has been instrumental in…
On the surface, moderation appears to be a simple concept. Avoid extremes. Seek compromise. Order pay-per-view porn, but only watch half the movie. It’s sort of like being a hypocrite, except without…
In case you haven’t already read them … Two magazine articles (Scientific American, February, Nathan Fiala, “The Greenhouse Hamburger” and Audubon, January-February, Mike Tidwell, “The Low-Carbon Diet”) published this month detail the…
Here at the Hernia Hill Institute of Unquantifiable Econometrics and Daytime Drinking, internationally renowned scholars (mostly me, although my renown has trouble evading the Border Patrol and slipping into Canada) are constantly…