There’s a strange bipolar effect that happens every election season. We want people to run for office. We want more choice. And then we bemoan the fact that so many people run — writing some folks off prematurely, even before they have a chance to make their case.

The federal tax cuts will provide about $1 billion in tax relief this year and next to Maine families and businesses.

Yesterday's news of an illegal alien in California "being rewarded with a legal education, membership in the California State Bar, a career as an attorney, and elevation to state office" has me thinking about my yellow 1964 Chevy Corvair.

Gov. Paul LePage’s government is plagued by systematic, widespread failure, compounded by indifference, cruelty and blame-shifting from the Blaine House.

This fall, my son decided to participate in the speech and debate club at his school, his father beaming with pride. To help encourage him, I also volunteered as a judge.

Here we go again. There’s another referendum on the ballot this fall that sounds too good to be true. Trust me, it is.

A little over three years ago, I unknowingly started a tradition of writing letters to my children as they arrived in this world. First was your older brother, Owen. Next came your sister, Aimee. Now it is your turn.

There is a cruelty and viciousness to so many Republican policy ideas. Cloaked in populist language and blame-invoking finger pointing, the majority of the GOP stumbles consistently to the worst option available.

Many older adults are faced with challenges that cause anxiety and depression. Troubled family relationships, lack of money, loneliness, life-span losses, complicated grief, traumas, personal health and the health of others, safety concerns, and death are broad classifications of situations that cause worries and fears leading to anxiety and possibly depression. Late-life anxiety can occur alone, but may be accompanied by depression.

We need to do everything we can to keep guns away from schools. That means that we should stop wasting time and energy debating the nonsensical idea of arming teachers or the dangerous idea of allowing parents to bring guns onto school grounds, and instead look at ideas that might actually be worth considering.

The questioning was intense, and Capt. Kirk looked worried. He and Dr. McCoy were on trial for their lives in front of a Klingon tribunal, and the prosecution was the nefarious Gen. Chang, close advisor and friend to the slain chancellor, Gorkon.

We need to make sure that employees in Maine do not see the same cut in pay that’s happening to low-wage workers in Seattle.

When V. Paul Reynolds’ article appeared in the Piscataquis Observer (“Careless hunters, ticks, declining land access big stories of 2017”), I took notice as forestry professor who has researched forest recreation in Maine.

The United States has decided that it has zero tolerance for airplane crashes.

“Will America choose its children over guns?” The breathless New York Times editorial, printed Tuesday, certainly pulled no punches.

My name is Michael Wark. I am the chairman of the Sangerville selectboard and have served as a member since 2016. I am seeking reelection at the town meeting scheduled for March 31, 2018.

David Sorensen, a former aide to Republican Gov. Paul LePage and a speechwriter for President Donald Trump, was forced to resign last week after allegations by his ex-wife that he abused her during their two-and-a half-year marriage.

The funny thing about Maine politics is that, for the most part, everyone agrees on the same problems. There are two specific instances of that concept which we are constantly presented with: Maine's economy, and the need to get younger.