Seeking to boost the economy, voters supported every one of the small-business and innovation bonds.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
LePage’s win started with great campaign, ended with wife’s great ads
Add issues that struck a chord with many Mainers, and governor hit the right notes.
Poliquin not the boss anymore, but has become our employee in Congress
Representative-elect could do worse than emulate some of Dave Emery’s accomplishments.
Service year would give Americans a strong sense of shared citizenship
Voluntary, but socially expected, service would give added value to citizenship.
King hides need for transparency behind need for insurance
Hiding Affordable Care Act particulars in ‘tortured’ writing helped ensure its passage.
Under horrifying law, government can just take people’s money, property
Government self-interest has corrupted a crime-fighting tool into an evil.
Finally, a test that pushed me over the edge
Lack of sleep plus back spasms and suddenly ‘Who’s Crying Now’?
Congress dishonors veterans by dodging war debate
Capitol politicians won’t risk political inconvenience that might result from sanctioning or denying Obama’s actions.