If the late comedian Rodney Dangerfield were a month, he’d have been March. March gets no respect. No respect at all. It is cold, dreary, and endless. Winter-lovers inhabiting the northern hemisphere hate March. Seeing the third page of the calendar means the impending end of the skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, and ice fishing seasons. Not […]

Back in the late 1990’s, while studying political science and public policy at the University of Southern Maine, I read an interesting article by Robert Putnam entitled, “Bowling Alone.” While the genesis of the article looked back at the civic and social decline of the American society over the prior three decades, 1950s-1980s, much of […]

Reasoning by historical analogy is dangerous. Georges Santayana notwithstanding, history does not repeat itself. Rather, the value of history is in what we learn from the past. Failures are as instructive as successes, if not more so. From the day Islamic Jihadists struck the World Trade Center more than 16 years ago, those favoring and […]

The class action lawsuit against Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and United Airlines (Big Three) with plaintiffs alleging illegal collusion to restrict capacity for the express purpose of fleecing consumers and boosting record-setting profits took an important turn earlier this year. A US Federal judge granted preliminary approval of Southwest Airlines’ settlement with plaintiffs in […]

Editor, I hope our Senators in Maine vote “yes” on S. 2155, the Economic Growth,  Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act when the Senate debates the bill in the coming days. This common-sense legislation will go a long way toward giving community financial institutions some needed relief from rules put in place to curb practices that credit unions […]

Throughout American history, we have been recognized as a global leader in many areas, but we are in distinct danger of squandering advantages we hold over other countries when it comes to our infrastructure system. Once the envy of the world, our infrastructure is crumbling and inadequate, and our nation risks slipping behind in economic […]

The present assault on the Second Amendment reminds us of the 2013 Western States Sheriff’s Rebellion stopping cold President Barack Obamas’s new 23 executive orders further restricting the right of gun owners without authorization from Congress. But today Republicans need to be reminded that neither the executive branch, through executive orders, nor the legislative branch, through […]

Editor, Imagine if there hadn’t been the foresight in the 1800s to design and build the Pepperell Mill Complex. Imagine if there hadn’t been the ingenuity to process textiles and leather which created thousands of jobs in the mills. Imagine if there weren’t individuals with the vision and passion to bring the mill buildings back […]

Every year since 1973 thousands of conservatives from across the country gather about our nation’s capital for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, also known as “CPAC.” CPAC has long been known a training ground for young conservatives, an exhibition stage for up-and-coming politicians and media personalities, as well as a barometer of the overall […]