There are lots of good arguments against democracy. As Oscar Wilde put it, “Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.” George Bernard Shaw offered this…
Scientific fact: Books can’t make you gay. Or lesbian. Or transgendered. But it appears books make some people crazy. In recent months, Maine has experienced a sharp increase in cases of the…
Motor vehicles and laws are a lot alike. They’re both complex systems that are difficult and expensive to fix. For a prime example of the similarity between doing a brake job on…
Bruce Poliquin, the Republican candidate for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District seat, likes to keep a low profile. That’s not too difficult, because he’s short. Oops, sorry. In the previous paragraph, I had…
It’s SODDIT season once again. For those not familiar with the legal thrillers of author John Lescroart, SODDIT is an acronym for the strategy of defense lawyer Dismus Hardy. It stands for…
There are those who believe that listening to the campaign pronouncements of Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage is a lot like listening to a drunk guy in a bar, pontificating loudly on…
Consider the plight of a convicted felon incarcerated for a serious crime, such as murder, armed robbery or attempting to overturn the results of a free and fair election by encouraging an…
For some reason, neither Gov. Janet Mills nor 2nd District Congressman Jared Golden has been invited to participate in the annual Battle of the Massive Intellects sponsored by Mensa International. That’s not…
Maine has a new law that provides real property-tax relief. For a few people. But for the rest of you, maybe a tax increase. Here are some of the lucky folks who…
Organized labor’s opinion about who should be Maine’s next governor is sort of … um … disorganized. Most of the big labor outfits – the AFL-CIO, the Maine State Employees Association –…