Every year for the past eight years of shareholder meetings, Sister Patricia Daly of the Caldwell Dominicans appeals to Rex Tillerson, chairman, president, and CEO of ExxonMobil Corporation, to get out of the fossil fuels production business. Her proposal is for ExxonMobil to focus instead on the petrochemical wing so that it is not contributing […]

Here at the world headquarters of Politics & Other Mistakes, there’s no issue of greater importance to our distinguished staff of policy experts than tax reform. Well, except for beer. We policy experts are all in favor of beer, particularly India pale ales, pilsners and goses. A significant minority faction prefers extra-special bitters, barrel-aged porters […]

Here at the world headquarters of Politics & Other Mistakes, there’s no issue of greater importance to our distinguished staff of policy experts than tax reform. Well, except for beer. We policy experts are all in favor of beer, particularly India pale ales, pilsners and goses. A significant minority faction prefers extra-special bitters, barrel-aged porters […]

By lobbying for bills that seem to come from left field, Gov. Paul LePage is doing his darnedest to take attention away from his policy proposals for the taxpayers of Maine. Late in the session, he’s pushed several controversial bills, one that would effectively do away with the concealed weapons permitting process and another that […]