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To make your account more secure – instead of just eliminating it – stop using it to log in to other sites. → Read More
At a time when the world so desperately needs strong leadership from the U.S., both major political parties have abdicated that responsibility. → Read More
Voters in both parties rejected the cooperative, moderate spirit last week. → Read More
There's a simple rule book to follow for an out-of-state group looking to notch a win in Maine. → Read More
Here are the known unknowns of this election cycle. → Read More
It's one thing to structure tax policy generally to help attract businesses. It's another matter entirely to spend taxpayer money fixing a facility to keep one business, or on bailouts for a specif... → Read More
We need people who aren't afraid — and who aren't trying to make us afraid — to run for office. → Read More
ESPN performed a simple cost-benefit calculation after the former Red Sox pitcher shared a Facebook meme about transgender people's bathroom access. → Read More
This candidate from Maine used a campaign model that would later be adopted by candidates as widely varied as Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Ron Paul, and Barack Obama. → Read More
How deep will the Democratic divide become? → Read More
Republican leaders in Augusta have reacted to Democrats’ spending wish list for the legislative session with a surprise strategy. They’re not negotiating on individual items, and they’re not simply... → Read More
Right now, the GOP is stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place. → Read More
Have Democrats truly done an about-face, recognizing after years of opposition that Mainers overwhelmingly want to fix the state's welfare system? Or is it merely political shenanigans? → Read More
It seemed like an irreconcilable conflict between the two parties, but they resolved it last week in a bipartisan way. The showdown over time-sensitive tax conformity legislation, vitally important... → Read More
Citizen initiatives bring up important ideas that are often unworkable solutions as written. Rather than simply checking out of the citizen initiative process, the Legislature should be fully engag... → Read More
Supporters of ranked-choice voting seem to be taking the pessimistic view that Mainers vote against people, rather than for people. → Read More
Given their antipathy to Gov. Paul LePage, one suspects that the Democrats may be more interested in brinksmanship and holding tax conformity hostage for election-year shenanigans. → Read More
Who is the rightwardmost, viable candidate left in the GOP race for the presidential nomination? → Read More
Today, after many, seemingly endless months of campaigning, debating, attacking, debunking, and defending, actual voting begins in the 2016 presidential election. Across Iowa, voters will gather to... → Read More
As D.C. residents were preparing for, and then digging out from, the winter storm of the century, the already-volatile 2016 presidential race faced a potential storm of its own: the prospect of for... → Read More