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Kill the house lights

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As we celebrate the solstice on December 21, take comfort in knowing that state officials are doing all they can to make it even darker. And, like Tax Day, more expensive.

By: AL DIAMON | December 19, 2007

Tear me apart

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Are people in southern Maine finally smartening up?

By: AL DIAMON | December 12, 2007

Inarticulate speech of the heart

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Incoherent politicians are as common as criminals. Although not quite as beneficial to society.

By: AL DIAMON | December 05, 2007

Elect the dead

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Before they can be taken seriously, candidates for Congress ought to meet certain stringent criteria. Such as: having a pulse.

By: AL DIAMON | November 28, 2007

All the dark horses

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Here’s what I like about the gambling industry: It provides suitable locations for sleazeballs and stupid people to hang out.

By: AL DIAMON | November 20, 2007

Stay away from me, baby

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Imagine a Maine in which almost everybody is over the age of 40.

By: AL DIAMON | November 14, 2007

Meanest of times

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The field looks as if it’s been hit by a terrible disaster.

By: AL DIAMON | November 07, 2007

Extreme behavior

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If you wanted to make the Maine Legislature look good, you’d compare it to the Portland School Committee.

By: AL DIAMON | October 31, 2007

Hustlenomics

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All human beings are born with an innate sense that they’re fiscally responsible.

By: AL DIAMON | October 24, 2007

The highway kind

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For critics of government excess, the Maine Turnpike Authority is a big target. You can even see it from outer space.

By: AL DIAMON | October 17, 2007

Ills of modern man

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I’m always amazed when somebody who’s famous for a really bad idea suddenly comes up with a really good idea.

By: AL DIAMON | October 10, 2007

Trading for my sorrows

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My reputation as a problem solver is a little on the shabby side.

By: AL DIAMON | October 03, 2007

It won’t be soon before long

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What Strimling is doing in delaying his entry into the race may be on the high end of coy and the low end of ethical, but it’s dead center on traditional.

By: AL DIAMON | September 26, 2007

Not accepted anywhere

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I admit Winkle — it’s OK if I call you Winkle, isn’t it, Mr. Paw? — doesn’t have a lot to do with Maine politics.

By: AL DIAMON | September 19, 2007

It’s not big, it’s large

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Legislative candidate: “Thanks for your time, Mr. Swamp Thing.”

By: AL DIAMON | September 12, 2007

Go all the way

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You see, I’m a virgin. From a long line of virgins.

By: AL DIAMON | September 05, 2007

Genuine sense of outrage

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Democratic US Representative Tom Allen is being accused by editorial writers and other whack jobs of demeaning the political process.

By: AL DIAMON | August 29, 2007

Someone I used to know

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Nobody can accuse Democratic 1st District congressional candidate Chellie Pingree of being blindly loyal to an old pal.

By: AL DIAMON | August 22, 2007

Don’t need it

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Charge me with fiscal irresponsibility.

By: AL DIAMON | August 15, 2007

Save it for the next one

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If you had to come up with his name, you could always Google “governors, irrelevant.”

By: AL DIAMON | August 08, 2007

Growing up and blowing away

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State Representative Richard Sykes has discovered something alarming: old people are leaving Maine.

By: AL DIAMON | August 02, 2007

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