Editor, When Donald Trump was elected president, sportsmen had high hopes that the president and his cabinet would commit to, in President Trump’s words, “honoring the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt.” As our 26th president, Roosevelt worked tirelessly to stop special interests from developing and privatizing our public lands and waters, conserving more than 230 million […]

Politics in America is a contact sport. Passions flare and the rhetoric can get heated and nasty. Political parties stoke these fires, playing on people’s fears as a key fund-raising tactic. Conservative authors have produced books with insulting titles like “If Democrats Had Any Brains, They Would Be Republicans” and “Liberalism is a Mental Disorder.” […]

What a week it’s been for Americans invested in the stock market. Last week the Dow Jones traveled more than 22,000 points over just the course of a week, resulting in price volatility we haven’t seen in years and suddenly shaking everyone out of the laid-back seemingly ‘growth-without-end’ environment we’ve been accustomed to recently.   The […]

The American economy remains in one of its longest recoveries in history.  Does President Trump deserve the credit? The memory of the 2007 financial meltdown fades.  Unemployment is down.  Incomes are beginning to increase.  Consumer spending, the driver of the economy, is picking up.  The recovery, begun years ago, remained strong during Trump’s first year […]

Editor, I am State Director of Marsy’s Law for Maine, a Victim’s Bill of Rights that is currently being considered by Maine lawmakers. After getting to know many victims across Maine, some of whom have had the most serious of crimes committed against them or their loved ones, I believe more strongly than ever that […]

Chicago is calling. That’s where my company’s main headquarters are located, and they want to send me there this spring. The idea is that all of its employees, spread out across the country in three main offices, are going to converge on the Windy City to meet up, slap a few backs, knock back some […]

The Legislature has been hard-pressed to implement the retail sales of adult recreational use of Marijuana. This bill, passed by citizen’s initiative, has many complicating issues written within the bill that requires very careful implementation. With the moratorium delaying implementation that the Legislature enacted last year, in order to give the Marijuana subcommittee time to […]

I’m trying to remember the name of the guy who wrote Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and a bunch of other famous plays. Was it Oscar Wilde? Edgar Allan Poe? Moliere? Or some obscure English guy? Well, to paraphrase whoever it was, I come to praise February, not to bury it. Shame on those who decry […]

After the Philadelphia Eagles’ thrilling victory over the New England Patriots in the 2018 Super Bowl, faith was front and center. In response to being awarded the Lombardi Trophy at the post-game ceremony, Eagles head coach Doug Pederson thanked “my Lord and savior Jesus Christ.” Tight end Zach Ertz, who scored the winning touchdown, and […]