For the first time since Election Day, President Barack Obama is on the defensive. That’s because on March 1, automatic spending cuts (“sequestration”) go into effect — $1.2 trillion over 10 years, half from domestic (discretionary) programs, half from defense.

For a change, people were laughing with John Kerry, not at him.

Between 1,000 and 2,000 marchers supporting a coalition named Stand For Freedom took to the streets in New York City on Dec. 10.

While waiting for the Super Bowl to start on Sunday — and because I resolutely don’t read or watch anything about the game for the full two weeks after the conference championships — I instead enjoyed how Phil Mickelson finished the final round of his wire-to-wire domination of the Phoenix Waste Management Open.

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., struck an important blow against the imperial pretensions of the modern presidency last month, when it declared unconstitutional three of President Barack Obama’s appointments to the National Labor Relations Board.

A 14-year-old with large brown eyes and tightly cropped hair told me a few weeks ago that voices were telling him to kill people.

Here’s your chance to make an important contribution to the free-ranging debate about guns. Contact your state representative and senator today and urge them to attend the Legislative Gun Education Workshop scheduled for 1-5 p.m. Thursday at the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine’s Augusta headquarters.

Anyone who is 30 years old, has been a U.S. citizen for at least 15 years and has been a resident of the state of Maine for five years can run for governor.