Born a Republican and a Maine sportsman, and maintaining those allegiances throughout my 62 years, I am surprised to find myself disappointed and critical of Gov. Paul Le-Page, also a Republican and a man who made many campaign promises to sportsmen.

Over the past week, many have faulted the Maine Heritage Policy Center, a conservative advocacy organization with close ties to Gov. Paul LePage and Republican leaders in the Legislature, for the words of Leif Parsell, a so-called reporter the policy center hired for its new “news wire.”

The time-honored recognition of first baby born in central Maine in the New Year created quite a reaction in the Jan. 2 edition of the newspaper because the mother and father are a Waterville couple who happen to be teen parents.

For New Year’s, I resolved to take my own advice and write some more stories about my life, using topics such as “boats,” “teachers,” “food” and so on.

Well, if Sen. John McCain has endorsed Mitt Romney, then it’s got to be all over now.

Who could fault a worker who did not pay dues to the Teamsters? In the past two years, the Department of Labor has charged or convicted of corruption 11 Teamsters officers.

The good news is that we’re No. 1, according to Ernst and Young, accountants. Maine has the lowest effective tax rate on new capital investment.

Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live and is full of misery, according to the Book of Common Prayer.