During a Biddeford town hall meeting, Gov. Paul LePage said he would veto a solar energy bill passed by the Legislature. What should the state do to lower energy costs? Here is how you answered… Continue to pursue solar energy 41% Import power from Canada 26% Pursue more wind power options 17% Consider nuclear power […]

Trade policy, often misunderstood or ignored, may be a major political issue this year . Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic presidential nominee, and Donald Trump, the likely GOP standard-bearer, take similar positions. They say President Obama and previous presidents have gone too far in making international trade agreements. It’s time to stop negotiating new ones […]

Donald Trump’s supporters all use the same words to describe his appeal: He’s real. He’s authentic. He tells it like it is. That has never been true. Trump’s always been a performer: an actor playing a character who seems authentic. But that’s not the same as actually being authentic. Now Trump’s chief adviser – and […]

Birds have got the right idea. Once that wicked winter wind blows, they hightail it for southern climes, where I imagine them sipping pina coladas poolside at a swanky resort, chuckling at we grounded humans. “Silly animals,” they squawk, “with their fuzzy boots and parkas! Toss your drinks back, fellow flyers, it’s time to limbo!” […]

Under the leadership of Anthony Romero, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a diminished shadow of its former self. The ACLU is now led by cafeteria civil libertarians who choose the liberties they deem worthy of protection based on a narrow ideological agenda. The latest incarnation of this betrayal of the Bill of Rights […]