A key piece of evidence has come to my attention that proves women have a master plan. I have here a shocking letter from a person named “Julia,” who openly admits to being a woman. It concerns laundry.As you men know, laundry is a key area in which we have long enjoyed a tactical advantage […]

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” – Dwight David Eisenhower, April 16, 1953.AUSTIN, Texas – The news is not good. Osama bin Laden wants us to invade […]

Maine government has chronically proven that it is unable to apply fiscal discipline to the budget process. Legal limits must be placed on policymakers. We live in one of the finest places in the nation – our great state of Maine. Our magnificent and immense natural resources, our safe and varied communities, combined with the […]

In 2004, voters will be less focused on personality and cultural differences and more on substantive issues. In less than a year, Democratic politicians will be slogging through the snow and ice of New Hampshire searching for votes. This quadrennial exercise in grassroots democracy and media expectations, formally known as the New Hampshire primary, is […]

The greater the income, the greater the difference between what a Maine family pays in comparison to an equivalent income family nationally. Many Maine residents suspect that they pay significantly more state income taxes than people in other states. A recently completed study unfortunately confirms their suspicions, that at most income levels Maine has one […]

Government has reached a truly demented level of intrusion into our lives. The anti-bullying campaign is a good example of how creeping nannyism works. First you propose a program that seems limited and reasonable (in this case, stopping tough kids from preying on weaker ones). Then you gradually extend the program until a truly demented […]

DefineactualthreatOn Thursday, people in Auburn received formal notices in the mail from the Auburn Water District warning them about a violation of drinking water standards.The letter, crafted by the Environmental Protection Agency, was technical. Too technical.“For haloacetic acids, EPA has established a maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 60 parts per billion.” In Auburn, the MCL […]

As the proud parents of Army Sgt. Matthew Jabaut, a medical specialist stationed in Kuwait, we respect all the brave men and women who serve in our armed forces. However, even though Colin Powell is a masterful presenter, we oppose the administration’s poorly made case for invading Iraq at this time.During a 1987 deployment, the […]

WASHINGTON – Here’s how Maine’s members of Congress were recorded on major roll call votes in the week ending Feb. 14. HOUSEWelfare to work Voting 230 for and 192 against, the House on Feb. 13 passed a Republican bill (HR 4) renewing for five years a 1996 law designed to move welfare recipients from dependency […]

Liberal columnist Molly Ivins recently wrote a piece in which she lamented how conservatives dominate talk radio (Feb. 2). She blamed this on the FCC and the huge corporations that own multiple radio stations. The liberal point of view is equally as pervasive in virtually all other forms of media, from the nightly news to […]