In the race between a fast-spreading and potentially hazardous technology and government attempts to regulate it, the regulators come in a distant second.

Gov. Paul LePage claims that an explosion in demand for MaineCare services is the real reason for a deficit in the program, justifying his proposal for deep cuts that affect 65,000 people.

No one expects challengers in a U.S. presidential race to present realistic economic plans. Promise them anything, their campaign consultants advise. On that score, GOP frontrunner Newt Gingrich’s tax reform plan exceeds expectations.

Economic development usually means chasing after a business, hoping to get it to move some of its jobs to your state, city or town.

Nero probably didn’t really fiddle while Rome burned; for one thing, fiddles as we know them today didn’t exist yet, and for another, historians at the time dismissed the story as a rumor.

Diplomacy is all about talking — with everyone. Friends and foes and those whose intentions are murky. Myanmar is still a mystery, but credit President Barack Obama with breaking the silence.

Republicans who would rather defeat Barack Obama than fix the national budget woes have latched onto a false campaign theme: The president is not patriotic, they say.

A formal federal recognition of marijuana as a prescription drug is the logical approach to the medical marijuana debate. The current state-by-state approach that challenges federal drug laws only invites confusion for doctors, patients, dispensaries and law enforcement agencies.

How much should a unit of housing cost? It all depends on what you are buying.

We’re in the midst of a national trend that is making people sick, and Maine is along for the ride.