The results of Super Tuesday have political junkies inside the beltway reacting with caution or downright pessimism. Well, it depends on what side of the political divide you’re watching this campaign from. Let’s start with the Democrats. A month ago, Hillary Clinton won Iowa by a photo finish and then took a shellacking in New […]

Did you know you might have money waiting for you from the State of Maine Treasurer? It sounds too good to be true, I know, but this isn’t a scam. Every year, the Treasurer announces how much money has been added to the state’s unclaimed property rolls and does a media push to help Mainers […]

The month of March is named after Mars, which is the Roman god of war who was also the guardian of agriculture and the land. March used to be the first month of the year on the early Roman calendar 2,700 years ago. March always marks the beginning of spring for us in the northern […]

Dispirited by their failure to unite – and in despair over two terms of a Republican president whose initiatives frustrated if not horrified them and whose appeal befuddled them – the Democrats created Super Tuesday in 1988 so they could climb behind a consensus candidate and present a moderate face to the country. More than […]