Teddy Roosevelt, Margaret Chase Smith, Marion Fuller Brown were Republicans to admire, respect.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Leaves do great things when alive, but continue good works after they die
Stu Silverstein
Political system in United States desperately needs party crasher
The word ‘spoiler’ says the two big parties own all the voters, and they should not be taken away by third-party candidates who can’t win.
Google and apps put gobs of useless information at our fingertips
Maybe the urge to know everything, immediately, is a function of the ability to know everything, immediately.
Bloggers predict GOP will hold House, take Senate, but hedge their bets
Real Clear Politics poll average shows Republicans currently leading in 46 Senate races.
Surprises have been a constant this past year
I was right when I said early on that we — my wife and I — had cancer.
Blame for Burger King ‘inversion’ is on US policy of global taxation
Every other developed country has a territorially based system of taxation.
Open primaries would help fix broken legislative branch of government
Rep. John K. Delaney
On Islamic State, Obama has a strategy — of sorts
The president is attempting to delay, deflect and duck responsibility.