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Changin’ tires on the road to ruin

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A lot of action? Better do something about the comb-over.

By AL DIAMON | May 18, 2007

Down among the dead men

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Who says the Republican Party can’t win Maine’s 1st Congressional District seat in 2008?

By AL DIAMON | May 09, 2007

Meaning and mystery

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These days, the eminent Mr. Dumpty could be earning an excellent living giving seminars to bureaucrats and legislators in Augusta.

By AL DIAMON | May 02, 2007

If you gotta go

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It’s Saturday night, and you’ve had a few drinks at your favorite bar.

By AL DIAMON | April 25, 2007

Blame it on the city

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Most of Maine detests Portland.

By AL DIAMON | April 18, 2007

Do nothing till you hear from me

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The Legislature is, by design, a mess.

By AL DIAMON | April 11, 2007

Warning label

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Does your state suffer from a plague of politicians complaining about high taxes?

By AL DIAMON | April 04, 2007

Slide into extinction

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The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is proposing the designation of a new endangered species.

By AL DIAMON | March 28, 2007

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Somebody really smart wrote this, four years ago: “Maine’s influence in determining the next occupant of the White House will be somewhere between minimal and undetectable.”

By AL DIAMON | March 21, 2007

Shut up and play

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I’ve been fired for saying stuff like this.

By AL DIAMON | March 14, 2007

Young and dumb

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Consider two mildly mythical Maine citizens.

By AL DIAMON | March 07, 2007

One day, it will please us to remember even this

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Try these Maine political trivia questions on your friends.

By AL DIAMON | February 28, 2007

Bad history

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It’s not as if Democratic state senator John Martin of Eagle Lake doesn’t have any positive qualities.

By AL DIAMON | February 21, 2007

Local jokers

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Local government is full of boobs.

By AL DIAMON | February 14, 2007

Numbers with wings

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Now that Congress has cleaned up its ethical act and banned junkets paid for by lobbyists, this might be the last time it’ll be possible to calculate exactly how much it costs to buy a US senator or representative on the open market.

By AL DIAMON | February 07, 2007