Life Is Sacred

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 3, 2012 The giddy, money-drenched, choreographed carnival in Tampa and the one coming up in Charlotte divert us from the real world -- the one steadily collapsing around us.We, as a species, may be doomed. And this is a bitter, bitter fact for a father to digest. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Convention Day Two: Ron Paul Delegates Lose Fight to Be Reseated

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Aug 29, 2012 Tuesday's roll call vote to nominate Mitt Romney for president at the Republican National Convention didn't go off without a hitch, as Ron Paul supporters caused quite a ruckus. Still, a boisterous chant of “seat Maine now” was not enough to reseat 10 delegates from the state who are supportive of Paul's presidential candidacy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Romney’s Bain Discrepancy, Limbaugh’s Thwarted Theory, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 13, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including Mitt Romney's Bain Capital controversy and Maine's governor making another Nazi comparison. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ron Paul’s Delegate Strategy Pays Off With Nevada, Maine Wins

Staff / Truthdig May 8, 2012 He may have lost to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in both caucuses, but Ron Paul won a majority of the delegates in each state. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Republican Snowe Drops Out of the Battle for the Senate

Staff / Truthdig Feb 29, 2012 One of the few moderate Republicans left in Congress, if not the universe, Sen. Olympia Snowe said she has decided not to run for re-election because of "an atmosphere of polarization and ‘my way or the highway’ ideologies" in politics and government. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Maine Teens Can Work More Under New Law

Staff / Truthdig Jun 2, 2011 Maine's Republican Gov. Paul LePage, the same man who ordered the removal of a mural depicting American workers from a state office building, this week signed into law a bill that should please the business community. It allows 16- and 17-year-olds -- who make considerably less than older co-workers -- to work longer hours and later into the evening on school nights. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Is It Lady Who’s Gaga or the Senate?

Larry Gross / Truthdig Sep 22, 2010 We live in two simultaneous but radically incongruous realities, where undemocratic arrangements negotiated in the 18th century contend with commercial media industries that covet the enlightened youth. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

When Voters Disrupt the Tea Party

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Nov 9, 2009 Here's a story you may have missed because it flies in the face of the dreary conventional wisdom: When advocates of public programs take on the right-wing anti-government crowd directly, the government-haters lose. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Where Was Obama When Maine Needed Him?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 5, 2009 Why did voters in Maine reject a law that would have sanctioned same-sex marriage? Well, according to some marriage equality supporters, one big reason currently resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and another has to do with conservative scare tactics played out via television ad campaigns. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Could Conservatives Be Good for Dems in 2010?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 5, 2009 Tuesday's elections were dispiriting in some ways for Democrats, particularly in Virginia and New Jersey (not to mention Maine, though that issue cuts across party lines), but the New York Daily News' Michael McAuliff wonders whether another, more encouraging object lesson for 2010 might've happened in upstate New York. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Maine Repeals Gay Marriage

Staff / Truthdig Nov 4, 2009 The expression "as Maine goes, so goes the nation" has troubling implications if applied to the same-sex marriage movement, although "as goes California" might be a more accurate maxim. On Tuesday, voters in the Pine Tree State overturned a law that would have legalized gay marriage. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Snowe Helps Baucus Bill Pass Committee Hurdle

Staff / Truthdig Oct 13, 2009 Maine's Olympia Snowe explained her vote for health care reform by saying "when history calls, history calls." It called, she answered, and now the Senate Finance Committee's Baucus bill, which would force Americans to buy health insurance without offering a public option, is off to get married to the more progressive Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee bill.Max Baucus' health care bill has passed the Senate Finance Committee, with the help of lone wolf Sen. Olympia Snowe. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )