Politics and other mistakes
I’m devoting this column to my plan to improve state government in one simple step: Fire Matthew Dunlap.
By AL DIAMON | July 09, 2008

Staying in a replica cell, with no waterboarding included
I’d volunteered to spend the night in the replica cell (which is modeled on the ones at Gitmo) because we’ve all heard stories about unlivable conditions at Gitmo but can’t come close to imagining what it must be like.
By JEFF INGLIS | June 18, 2008

Intelligence deficit

Bush fooled voters and the press once on Iraq. Can McCain get away with the same thing?
The American press and public rarely get riled up these days over new revelations concerning President George W. Bush and his administration’s sorry history.
By EDITORIAL | June 11, 2008

Primary Endorsements 2008

Who we'd like to see in the first round
On June 10, Mainers in both the Democratic and Republican parties will get to vote on people to represent them in Washington DC.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF | June 04, 2008

Maine’s Congressional delegation cowers in fear

Free expression
When criminal-trespassing charges were dropped February 5 against three Maine eco-activists, the activists were relieved.
By KIMBERLY FISCHER | February 20, 2008

D.C. wannabes

Twelve people want to represent you in Washington; we explain who they are as the winnowing begins
Already some candidates have come and gone, but the field remains wide open as candidates prepare for the June 2008 primaries.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | December 26, 2007

In name only

Politics and other mistakes
All the shame. None of the fun.
By AL DIAMON | December 26, 2007

Tear me apart

Politics and other mistakes
Are people in southern Maine finally smartening up?
By AL DIAMON | December 12, 2007

Killing bills

Congress inaction
Auto workers, oil companies, and farmers all snarling together in a pit of special interests — it’s not a pretty picture.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | November 20, 2007

US Rep. Allen to protestors: go directly to jail

Welcome mat
With Allen challenging Collins, Branson wondered aloud how long Anderson’s favors would continue.
By JEFF INGLIS | October 03, 2007

Mowed down

The federal Farm Bill leaves Mainers in the dust
Libby describes Leahy’s spot on the committee as “good for new England — because without that voice we’d be invisible.”
By DEIRDRE FULTON | August 15, 2007

The man who wasn’t there

Politics and other mistakes
Imagine you’re a Republican candidate for Congress in Maine’s 1st District whose name isn’t Charlie Summers.
By AL DIAMON | July 18, 2007

Coming home

You want the troops out of Iraq? Next, we have to get Iraq out of the troops.
Whereas active-duty soldiers return as a group to a military base upon coming home, National Guard members disperse into their civilian communities.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | July 11, 2007