Winter in #‎ Maine is a time of alternating rest and frenzied activity.

But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of the mercury that fouls our skies, waters and land comes from outside our borders.

We are spending $1 billion a week in Iraq.

I think we have a moral obligation to our children that can be easily summarized: number one, protect them from harm.

Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence.

The Sudanese have delighted me, not only in their generosity and simplicity, but also in their tendency to take tea with milk and not to hesitate to dunk biscuits in it. As an Englishman, you can imagine the feeling of fraternal closeness that this activity has generated.

They don't have special rights because we have civil rights laws that protect them. The laws work both ways.