Nationwide, domestic violence advocates took a collective sigh of relief when the 6-2 ruling in Voisine v. United States was released by the Supreme Court on June 27. Co-plaintiffs Stephen Voisine and William Armstrong, both residents of Maine, argued that their misdemeanor charges of reckless domestic violence should not prohibit them from possessing firearms. To […]
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Heritage Policy Center needs to take another look at its “grassroots”
You have to hand it to the Maine Heritage Policy Center. It’s got chutzpah. In a classic example of the pot calling the kettle black, on June 14, the Sun Journal published a letter to the editor by Heritage Center’s director of communications, Krysta Lilly, characterizing as “disgusting” former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s […]
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Imperfect progress with race relations
“When we start suggesting that somehow there’s this enormous polarization [on race] and we’re back to the situation in the ’60s — that’s just not true.” — President Obama, July 9, 2016 WASHINGTON — Whatever happens — and urban riots cannot be excluded — President Obama is correct on one thing: This is not the […]
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Hillary survives latest GOP witch hunt
Just as there was never any doubt that Bill Clinton had sex with “that woman,” there was never any doubt that Hillary Clinton mishandled her emails. And just as there was never any doubt that the Republicans overreacted to Bill Clinton’s shenanigans, so, too, is there no doubt that they have done the same over […]
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South China Sea decision a blow to China
Arbitrators in The Hague have given the Philippines a unanimous legal victory over China, one that definitely frustrates China’s “divide and conquer” strategy for gaining sovereign control of the South China Sea. The ruling, however, does not answer the question that could ignite a deadly regional war. Given China’s immense military and economic power, how […]
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Attack on Dallas police was terrorism
The gunning down of five cops in Dallas was terrorism, pure and simple. The lunatic who did it framed his rampage as retaliation for police shootings of African-Americans. But these were not two sides of the same coin. They were different coins altogether. The early evidence suggests that the fatal confrontations in Baton Rouge and […]
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May, Trump: A replay of Thatcher, Reagan?
Is Britain’s new prime minister, Theresa May, Margaret Thatcher reincarnated? There are similarities. May is certainly as tough as the Iron Lady. As home secretary for longer than any of her predecessors, she has strongly opposed uncontrolled immigration. The Home Office introduced visa restrictions that require non-European Union immigrants living in Britain for fewer than […]
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Police are not the problem, we are
This is not about the police. At least, not solely. Granted, the police are the reason we are heartbroken today, the reason cable news networks are assembling panels to talk about black and blue, the fraught intersection between African Americans and the law. Last week, after all, saw two more African-American men shot by police […]
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Is the car-ownership culture coming to end?
WASHINGTON — Few technological breakthroughs have had the social and economic impact of the automobile. It changed America’s geography, spawning suburbs, shopping malls and sprawl as far as the eye could see. It redefined how we work and play, from the daily commute to the weekend trek to the beach. It expanded the heavy industry […]
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Hillary squeaks out another victory
Hillary Clinton has scored a highly characteristic political “victory” — namely, not getting indicted. During a political season when “rigged” has been the most emotive description of the economy and political system, Hillary and her enablers have conducted what appears to be a seminar in Rigged 101. First, Bill Clinton had an impromptu “social” meeting […]