Category: Issues & Ideas

The organization I am fortunate enough to work with is New England’s premier licensed animal shelter that specializes in the rehabilitation and re-homing of horses. The horses received into care here are animals who have…

American Legion and Easterseals Maine Partner to Distribute the Veterans’ Emergency Financial Assistance The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) is pleased to announce that the American Legion and Easterseals Maine will be points of…

I remember standing on the ramp of the C-130. I was counting – I stood counting each Soldier as they passed by. Once everyone was on board I took my seat closest to the jump…

What is the true price of [celebrating] freedom? Watch Star Wars lately? How ’bout an Indiana Jones film? Maybe a James Bond movie? What reader did not reflexively – without thought – automatically hear the…

So You Want To Be A Fish Farmer: How Maine Is Becoming A Magnet For Land-Based Fish Farms The wild harvest of fish is declining. But seafood demand is off the charts. It’s not hard…

What makes a hero a hero? I know this much, I am not one. I have known this for a long time but I really understood it last year when I erected a 7 foot…

Physician-Assisted Suicide is a complex issue. For full transparency, I admit I advocate against this concept from a very firm, pro-life basis. However, I would want anyone who reads this to know that my opposition…

Democratic Presidential candidate for 2020, Pete Buttigieg produced some headlines in a recent interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. Hewitt asked Buttigieg about whether “Jefferson-Jackson Dinners” should be renamed since both men owned slaves….

June 15th is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Although elder abuse is an issue across the country, with an aging population, Maine is likely to see an increase in cases of elder abuse and financial…

The Devil’s Lettuce, KGB, Mary Jane, MJ, Cheeba, Ganja, Left-Handed Cigarette, Kind, Endo, Sinsemilla, Wacky Tabacky, Reefer, Pot, Weed, Marijuana, Hemp, these are just a sampling of names cannabis goes by, but what is it…

In the event of a disaster, one has to wonder what the fallout is. Who is to blame? How can we prevent this tragedy from happening again? These questions have answers. But the truth is…

One Party Rule Threatens Maine Families This is the Weekly Maine Republican Radio Address Maine House Republican Leader Kathleen Dillingham April 19, 2019  This Weekly Address is in regard to Maine Bill, LD 1070 –…