This week, for the first time in four years, Congress successfully passed a budget. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 is a two-year budget resolution that finally provides the American people with a measure of certainty regarding our country’s financial situation. The agreement is far from perfect and contains a number of provisions that I […]

Remember old banks? Remember those stuffy banks from the good old days that acted the way banks were supposed to act and kept “bankers’ hours” and only loaned you money after you proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that you didn’t need it, but had piles of your own money at home in your […]

Remember old banks? Remember those stuffy banks from the good old days that acted the way banks were supposed to act and kept “bankers’ hours” and only loaned you money after you proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that you didn’t need it, but had piles of your own money at home in your […]

You don’t have to drive around much of Maine before concluding that we haven’t built many cities in the 300-400 years we’ve been building things. We’ve cut down a few trillion trees and built lots of boats. We’ve moved millions of yards of sand and gravel and built thousands of miles of roads. And we’ve […]

You don’t have to drive around much of Maine before concluding that we haven’t built many cities in the 300-400 years we’ve been building things. We’ve cut down a few trillion trees and built lots of boats. We’ve moved millions of yards of sand and gravel and built thousands of miles of roads. And we’ve […]

The holiday season can sometimes be a hyped-up downer. A lot of people at this time of year bemoan their lengthy gift lists, preparing special food, and coping with traffic and weather while driving to their holiday destinations. Some also dread the holidays due to loneliness or lost loved ones. While the feeling of missing […]