When a group of 150 Republicans and independents issued its “A Call for American Renewal” manifesto, speculation abounded that it represented the first step toward creating a third party to someday compete on an equal footing with the establishment organizations that rule American politics. In the preamble to its 13-point statement of principles, the group […]

China is claiming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is “full of lies and disinformation.” That’s not necessarily untrue most of the time. But in this case Pelosi is being blasted by Communist China’s loudest mouthpieces because she’s actually done the right thing – almost. To protest China’s long list of serious human rights violations, which is […]

When employers have pension or savings plans, most Mainers choose to participate. But incredibly, 235,000 people in Maine are employed by companies that do not offer a plan and so most of them may not have that cushion of savings for their retirement. Now there can be a remedy. Senator Eloise Vitelli’s legislation (LD 1622) is working […]

Imagine, if you will, that you are sleeping in a tent. It is winter; you have no income except for bottles collected and occasional day jobs; you are surviving, but barely. You decide to apply for subsidized housing. Where to find an application? When you finally get one it is a huge stack of forms. […]

Everyone is at risk of being scammed now. The recent ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline was a wakeup call for everyone in America. Ransomware is malicious software that cyberscammers use to encrypt a company’s or individual’s data and block access to it until a hefty sum of money is paid. Google the words “ransomware attack” […]

Okay, Class, let’s start with some facts: One plus one equals two. During his four years as President, Donald Trump made 30,573 false or misleading claims according to the Washington Post Fact Checker. In the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, Joe Biden had 81,268,924 popular votes: President Donald Trump had 74,216,184 popular votes; Biden had 306 […]