Weil's Notes from a Corner of the Country

The great issue in this year’s election was the role of government – federal and state. The Republicans clearly took the election, ...

Whatever the outcome of next week’s elections, some political trends emerge. They include the role of big money’s television buys, ...

“All politics is local.”   Though he didn’t create that saying, the late U.S. House Speaker Tip O’Neill of Massachusetts made it not only p...

“Jobs, jobs, jobs.”   That’s what candidates promise in Maine and all over the country.   Their experience specially qualifies them, th...