Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers around New England: The Daily News of Newburyport (Mass.), Feb. 27: Thirty years ago, few people outside the realms of academic research or the government had heard of something called the Internet. Now, it’s hard to imagine how we could get by without it. The leap in little more […]

It seems clear that the Labrador Retriever will not be Maine’s official state dog. While, this might not be the outcome Stacy Gile of Arundel wanted, there’s more to this story than which dog breed will be the next Maine icon. It started months ago when Ms. Gile contacted me about submitting this bill. As […]

One of the most important symbolic moments of the new Congress occurred earlier this winter, and you almost certainly don’t know a thing about it. Before several hundred people on the second floor of the Capitol ”“ but virtually ignored by major media outlets ”“ congressional leaders unveiled a statue commemorating the life of an […]

Outside the Beltway surrounding Washington, D.C., a surprising trend is occurring of Republican governors supporting tax increases. Like many Democratic governors, a handful of Republican Governors have found the courage to break loose from bleak austerity measures and have embraced the need to increase fees or taxes to ensure funding for essential state services. Less […]

There is a very short list of topics on which the Democratic president and the Republican Congress might actually cooperate. In fact, the list might contain only one item. Trade. The United States is the world’s second leading exporter, after China. Foreign markets already support 1 out of every 5 American jobs. And as President […]

Saco Food Pantry says ”˜thank you’ Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! The late lyricist Sammy Cahn and the composer Jule Styne have now seen their song written in 1945 match the weather of January and February affording me a way to paraphrase and say thank you at the same time. The […]

Why has the Obama administration tied itself in knots over what to call Islamic terrorism? We know the president has rejected the term in favor of “violent extremism,” ordering his administration not to refer to Islamic terrorists like the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria as Islamic. “No religion is responsible for terrorism,” Obama declared […]