Sometimes the key to a successful campaign is a good get-out-the-vote effort in which volunteers call and visit sympathetic voters, making sure they don’t forget to cast a ballot, sometimes even offering a ride to the polls.

Superstorm Sandy has been called a lot of names, but “surprise” was not one of them.

Of all the analyses of both Hurricane Sandy and the 2012 election, one question is not getting the attention it deserves.

The race is over for Lance Armstrong, but the question remains: What lasting impact will his years of cheating and denying have on the future of cycling and other sports?

Watch the presidential debates and get a heavy dose about what’s wrong with politic discourse in America. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama tried to out-shout each other, ignoring moderators’ directives and plunging onward with accusatory tones, gross distortions, dismissive eye-rolls and a few snotty asides.

The real perversion of the Boy Scouts of America’s so-called perversion files — compiled to blacklist accused sexual predators — is that they did more to protect the reputation of the organization than to safeguard young, vulnerable boys. By quietly pushing volunteer Scout leaders to resign in lieu of reporting accusations of sexual abuse to […]

In an era when governments and families alike are trying to reduce debt, it seems harder to make a case for issuing state bonds.

Maine governors balance budgets. That’s as true for Paul LePage as it was for John Baldacci. And it was true for Angus King.

After watching from the sidelines, it’s nice to see that Maine is on the battleground in this year’s presidential election, even if it’s only one of our two congressional districts.

Monday night, before President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney debated, a new Washington Post/ABC poll showed how treacherous a world this is — for candidates.