After two decades of propaganda about homosexuality and the “gay rights” movement, including one-sided media presentations depicting gay as great with no downsides (other than “homophobia”), the common sense of the public still prevails. According to a New York Times/CBS News poll (Dec. 21), there is widespread support for a proposed constitutional amendment that would […]

Here’s a late Christmas present from the U.S. Postal Service. Because the quasi-governmental agency finished the fiscal year with a $3.9 billion surplus, we shouldn’t expect an increase in postal rates through 2006.But the pasture isn’t all green. Mail volume declined in the year ending in September for the second year in a row, dropping […]

Bangor Daily News, Dec. 23Talk of a biomass-to-hydrogen conversion project is great news for the Millinocket area. Nearly a year ago, the region was rocked by the closure of the Great Northern paper mills, stalwarts of the local economy. Although one mill is back up and running, hundreds of people have lost their jobs. Anyone […]

“All the laws of Washington and all the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our homes, into our schools, our churches and our places of recreation and amusement.” – Strom ThurmondSo I guess ol’ Strom didn’t mind a little integration after all.Granted, he made opposition to it the cornerstone of a political […]

The day after Christmas. The shopping. The sales. The drive to Portland, Augusta or Freeport.As the Sun Journal found earlier this month, retail development is skipping right over our community, leaving residents a drive of 40 minutes or more for many high-profile stores.A press release from the governor’s office last week rubbed a little salt […]

Lo! (Cue heraldic music here.) Out of Hollywood rises an epic of courage and hope so thunderously wonderful that it is almost enough to redeem a year’s worth of pop-culture detritus, to make us forget endless reality-show hot-tub scenes, “Gigli” and even Paris Hilton as we marvel at what can be wrought by the entertainment […]

One of the most famous and touching editorials ever written was penned by Francis P. Church for The New York Sun in 1897. According to the People’s Almanac, the editorial was reprinted yearly until 1947 when the paper folded. On this Christmas Eve, we offer Mr. Church’s words.We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the […]

It was, make no mistake, a very satisfying image.Saddam Hussein, the erstwhile butcher of Baghdad, looking grizzled, frazzled and not unlike a homeless transient – which, come to think of it, he was – as he submitted to a medical examination, courtesy of his captors, the U.S. Army.Iraq’s former Fearless Leader was, we are told, […]

For those worried that tests around the country are systematically being watered down in a backlash against standards and accountability, there is good news and bad news out of Louisiana. The good news is that the Bayou State is maintaining the strictest possible standards and routinely handing out failing marks. The bad news is that […]

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan’s legacy looks like a twin tale of political courage and personal and professional failure.Ryan was indicted last week on a long list of federal charges, including allegations that he illegally steered government contracts to friends and business associates, underreported his income, conducted inappropriate political fund raising and then tried to […]