Those who doubt traditional believers (and I don’t mean only Christians) are under attack in the elite media just aren’t paying attention.

As a movie, Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” succeeds only imperfectly, but as an introduction to the practice of democratic government, it is a triumph.

Every lobbyist in Washington knows that whoever can advocate that the government do nothing or defer a matter until later has the advantage.

It once seemed as if Washington’s most powerful anti-tax crusader had the Republican Party firmly in hand. Signing Norquist’s public pledge not to raise taxes was almost mandatory in GOP politics. Nine of the 10 candidates initially vying for the Republican presidential nomination, including Mitt Romney, signed on, as did candidates for local, state and national office.

With the results of the election in and the dynamic in the State House changed for the next two years, it is time to start talking about what direction we want Maine to take.

Slow and easy. That’s the path that Democrats should take as they settle into their leadership positions in the Maine House and Senate.

Maine Republicans are “perceived as a party of angry white men who only help the rich at the expense of the poor” and Gov. Paul LePage has only a “slim chance” of winning re-election in 2014.

WASHINGTON — If you’re the CEO of Goldman Sachs — if you have a job that you love, a job that makes you so much money you could build a Scrooge McDuck room where you could swim through a pile of gold coins wearing only a topcoat — then you should perhaps think twice before saying this:

If shopping on Black Friday leaves you exhausted, or if your holiday guests keep you up until the wee hours, a long Thanksgiving weekend should offer an opportunity for some serious shut-eye.