“The President’s order does not direct that a congressional policy be executed in a manner prescribed by Congress — it directs that a presidential policy be executed in a manner prescribed by the President.” That line is from a famous Supreme Court decision known as Youngstown Steel. It was part of an opinion against President […]
Gov. Janet Mills has now released her proposed budget to the Maine Legislature. Supporters hail it as a moderate, reasonable approach. Opponents describe profligate, unsustainable spending. So let’s do the math. Eight percent, 52 percent, 65 percent and 133 percent. Those numbers look backward 24 years from today when Gov. Angus King sat in the […]
What is school for? It is a bit of an open-ended question. Obviously academics are part of it. Art and athletics have a role as well. But so does the ability to function in a larger social group; to steal some Bangor Police Department wisdom, it is a place to learn that you should keep […]
Why do we care about the Super Bowl? After all, it is a bunch of individuals earning, six, seven, or eight figures a year, playing a game on behalf of owners worth nine or ten figures. Even more, there is literal price fixing, an industry-wide agreement to limit overall wages for a certain type of […]
