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Growing up as an 10th generation Mainer taught me many things. Foremost among them was the importance of family and…
The day after the Republican Party’s humiliating under-performance in Tuesday’s mid-term election, I received an email from Donald J. Trump.…
Maine’s congressional delegation has voted to increase funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) by more than $6…
Maine lobster was recently placed on the unsustainable “red list” by the environmental group Seafood Watch, a non-profit associated with…
President Biden may have admitted “the pandemic is over” with regard to COVID-19, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be…
On February 7, 1968, after American military forces rained rockets, napalm, and bombs on the village of Ben Tre in…
For most Americans, COVID-19 long ago stopped being an immediate crisis and has become little more than a dull annoyance,…
There are mounting concerns over profound learning loss due to prolonged school closures and remote learning. New data released last…
If the inevitable tradeoffs are ignored, most people would be in favor of getting a free lunch. Unfortunately, there ain’t no…
As I predicted, Biden’s latest policy announcement spelled the end of the student loan payment pause which began during Covid-19…
High energy costs are making Maine increasingly unaffordable for people of average means. Misguided state energy policies are contributing to…
A federal appeals court this week sided with several companies whose applications to sell nicotine vaping products in a variety…
There’s an apocryphal quote often misattributed to Ben Franklin that goes something like this: “When the people find that they…
In August 2021 Science Magazine, a peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, highlighted groundbreaking…
According to NBC News, there are 4 million fewer students enrolled in college than there were 10 years ago, and there…
My dad remembers when his family got their first television. It was black and white, and there were only three…
During his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, Joe Biden repeatedly insisted that his primary goal as president would…
When voters were asked by Pew Research, prior to the 2020 election, what issues were most important to them, education…
Up For Growth (UFG), a nonprofit membership organization which was “founded to elevate and amplify the need for solutions” to…
Support for school choice is becoming increasingly strong and widespread, actually transcending the often-impervious boundaries of political party identification. Over…
Americans love their fast-food supersized. But supersizing the Internal Revenue Service? Probably not so popular. That’s evidently of little concern…
Last October, public interest journalism outfit The Maine Monitor broke the story of a newly-discovered large—and extremely valuable—lithium ore deposit…
This November, Portland residents will vote on five citizens’ initiatives, four of which were sponsored by the Maine chapter of the…
Earlier this month, the Treasury Department approved a plan to invest $110 million “to strengthen or expand broadband infrastructure across the state.”…
Meta’s third-party fact-checkers have flagged as “false information” posts on Instagram and Facebook accusing the Biden administration of changing the…
Starting this August, senior citizens in Maine will be able to freeze their property tax rate, preventing their bill from…
Earlier this month, the Treasury Department approved a plan to invest $110 million “to strengthen or expand broadband infrastructure across…
In April of 2020, the Press Herald republished a Washington Post article which covered President Trump’s distribution of $1,200 relief checks to…
I completed another plumbing project this past weekend. The toilet in our master bathroom had been leaking for a while.…
A massive federal bailout of state and local governments during the pandemic had a negligible effect on overall employment levels…
News reports say the Biden administration is currently weighing a plan that would allow all adults to receive a second…
On June 21, 2022, the United States Supreme Court released its decision in the case of Carson v. Makin, declaring unconstitutional…
A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that mask mandates did little to nothing to curb the spread of Covid-19.…
As the popularity of harvesting and eating seaweed grows in America, a new Maine Public Radio investigation, along with other recent…
The desire and need for school choice nationwide is now clearer than ever. Since the onset of the pandemic, already…
Where I grew up in northern Minnesota, it’s easy to see the impact that economic hard times leave on disadvantaged…
In the aftermath of widespread pandemic-era learning disruptions, many parents and community members are seeking more information on what is…
According to the American Legislative Exchange Council Center for State Fiscal Reform, Maine is currently ranked 44th in the nation in…
Since President Joe Biden took office office early last year, America’s long-term budget deficit has grown by $2.4 trillion. But that…
In what appears to have been little more than a political litmus test of party purity, Democrats in Cumberland County…
Last week, the Maine Democratic Socialists of America rushed to file paperwork with the City of Portland that set in…
Is it possible that despite the mounting evidence against them, some lockdown enthusiasts are still unwilling to let go of…
For John Lewis, his local school district’s decision to enact hybrid learning during the COVID-19 pandemic made finding a work-life…
President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure bill apportioned $1.2 trillion for such projects as roads, bridges, and airports. But it also designated $65 billion “to…
Throughout the pandemic, few things incited more discord than the mandated use of facemasks as a preventative measure to reduce…
The recent mass shootings at the Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York and the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas were…
Last month, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it is developing “product standards to prohibit menthol as a…
Government policies fail and create problems in the real world every day. But most Americans are so busy in their…
Shame used to be a relatively simple thing. You did something wrong. You knew it. It was a self-evident truth:…
Over the past two years of social and economic disruption, U.S. education has experienced an extraordinary transformation that can best…
On May 14, 18-year-old Payton Gendron traveled more than 200 miles from his hometown to a predominantly Black neighborhood of…
If you’ve ever been to the state of Oregon – home of the “other” Portland – you only need to…
Americans are already struggling under the weight of crippling inflation, from skyrocketing gas prices to exorbitant grocery bills. And even…
It wasn’t long ago that Democrats were claiming that the For the People Act, the Freedom to Vote Act, and the John Lewis…
It’s been two week since a federal court threw out the CDC’s transport mask mandate, to the glee of some…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving fast to close off what seems to be the last remaining legal…
Harm reductionists praise Maine’s new Good Samaritan law. I’m not sure it’s deserved. I will explain why because I don’t expect anyone…
Sometimes I have to remind myself how good we Americans have it because—let’s face it—there is a lot of bad…
Maine is embracing new California-style laws aimed at reducing restrictions on new housing. It could soon run into some of…
A new study recently published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) found that students with greater access to…
On April 18, Florida federal Judge Kathryn Mizelle invalidated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) order requiring that passengers wear masks on…
Bureaucrats cling to power. It’s their institutional predisposition. So it was no surprise on Wednesday when the Department of Justice…
The last couple of years have been a revelation when it comes to public health measures for battling COVID-19 and…
Last week, while driving toward the peninsula on Outer Congress Street around Craigie Street, I passed a seemingly able-bodied woman…
Last week, LD 2003, a bill sponsored by Speaker Ryan Fecteau to reform local and state-level housing policy, passed engrossment votes in…
Mainers deserve access to high-quality health care with an affordable price tag. Following the events of the last two years,…
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, even alarmist government officials like Dr. Anthony Fauci have admitted that it’s time to…
Inflation has surged across much of the developed world in the past year as COVID-19 lockdowns eased and pent-up demand…
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), an electric vehicle requires six times the mineral inputs of a comparable internal…
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data now show fentanyl overdose to be the top cause of death…
Another day, another alarming inflation metric. We just got the numbers for the Personal Consumption Expenditures index (PCE), the Federal…
It’s hard to decide who is worse, actor Jussie Smollett, who faked a racist and homophobic attack in order to…
Over the last year, frequent communications from University of Maine System leaders Chancellor Malloy and UM/UMM President Ferrini-Mundy endorsed “equity”…
Mandatory motor vehicle inspections already cost Mainers $14 million and countless hours of wasted time every single year, but just…
Despite inflation running at a 40-year high, the Biden administration is pushing ahead with plans to hike wages for federal…
As a physician – one who has dedicated his career to treating lung diseases – it has become clear to…
Early in the coronavirus pandemic, I asked a simple question. Could Sweden’s laissez-faire approach to the coronavirus actually work? Unlike…
Ten months ago, Jeremy Siegel issued a dire warning about the trajectory of prices. “The money supply since the beginning…
On Feb. 25, the CDC made its expected announcement that it was updating its framework to monitor and contain COVID-19.…
One day I’m reading an internal memo commissioned by the Democratic Party to provide advice to dealing with Covid policy.…
Russian soldiers flooded into Ukraine Thursday under orders from President Vladimir Putin, threatening to obliterate a peace that has existed…
One of the basic functions of government is to right wrongs. When all else fails, we resort to the legal…
At a “ladies night” fundraiser in Toronto in 2013, an up-and-coming politician was asked which nation’s administration he admired most…
Antitrust is a hot topic in Washington lately. The pervasive reach of big technology companies into our personal lives and…
On February 2nd, the 2022 Walk-for-Vets kicked off in Augusta. People are walking 2.2 miles in 22 states for a 22 day-long…
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban recently announced his latest, ground-breaking innovation, and it’s one that should catch the attention of Americans.…
A new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supposedly shows that wearing a face mask in public…
It takes incredible arrogance for lawmakers and bureaucrats to assume they know what’s best for us. But that quality—arrogance—is precisely what we’ve seen since the start of the pandemic.
We’re into year three of the COVID-19 pandemic. From mask mandates to vaccine passports, government restrictions on our liberties remain…
On January 27, Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer formally announced his intention to resign at the end of the current term…
On Saturday, newly minted Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, declared an end to mask mandates in the state’s public…
On January 12, while driving, I listened to the Maine CDC’s weekly COVID-19 briefing conducted by Maine DHHS Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew and…
Last week, the US Census Bureau released its “New Vintage 2021 Population Estimates” for the United States and surrounding territories.…
The optimistic scenario goes like this. America shakes off what remains of the pandemic in the coming months without the…
The NCAA on Thursday released its new COVID-19 guidance for winter sports, and the guidance contains some important news. As…
Yesterday, the first legislative day of the second session of the 130th Legislature, majority Democrats moved to return to remote…
It’s 2022 but you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s still 2020—especially if you have children enrolled in K-12 district schooling.…
Every holiday season, Senator Rand Paul honors the fictional Seinfeld holiday “Festivus,” an annual airing of grievances, with a report…
In its December 1st editorial, “Some serious crimes still go unreported,” the Press Herald writes that recently released crime statistics…