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Robert B. Charles
National Spokesman, AMAC
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Politics
Never Forgetting: Seven Friends Who Died on 9/11
Seven friends died at the Pentagon that morning, among them Angie, who trained the author and always wore a cross, and Darin, who gave up his fighter-pilot dream.
Sep 11, 2026
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Health
Ending Addiction Demands Real Leadership, Not Political Shows
In Maine, 150,000 people are addicted and overdoses top 10,000 a year, yet the state keeps just 300 treatment beds.
Sep 10, 2026
Faith
Robert Frost’s Wit and Wisdom: Timeless Lessons on Life
"Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up," Frost warned, one of the sharp, funny lines he left in prose rather than poems.
Sep 9, 2026
Faith
In the World, Not of It: Staying True to Timeless Truths
Water still boils at 212 degrees and freezes at 32 no matter what the world insists, and Kipling's poem "If" and Christ's words remind us the constants hold.
Sep 8, 2026
Faith
Labor Day: The Timeless Value of Hard Work and Purpose
Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894, between the recessions of 1893 and 1896, when Americans wanted work and could not find it.
Sep 7, 2026
Faith
A Poem to Lift Your Spirits: Longfellow’s Arrow and Song
Longfellow's twelve-line poem follows an arrow lost in flight and a song lost on the wind, both found again years later in the heart of a friend.
Sep 4, 2026
Faith
Finding Hope and Beauty in Wordsworth's Timeless "Daffodils"
William Wordsworth's 1804 poem "Daffodils" recalls ten thousand golden flowers dancing by a lake, a memory that lifts the heart long after summer fades into fall.
Sep 3, 2026
Politics
The Real Danger of Socialism to America's Constitutional Republic
The Democratic Socialist Party now backs Democrats from Maine to California, and a writer who spent time in the Soviet Union, Poland, and Laos says he watched every right vanish there.
Sep 2, 2026
Politics
The Data Is Clear: American Schools Are Failing Our Children
In Maine, 74 percent of fourth graders cannot read at grade level and 75 percent of eighth graders cannot do math, while only 35 percent of parents are satisfied.
Sep 1, 2026
Faith
The Enduring Advice of Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanac
Franklin's almanac, printed from 1732 to 1758, gave us "A penny saved is a penny earned" and "Lost time is never found again" — lines that still hold.
Aug 31, 2026
Politics
The Fight to Clean Mercury From New England's Lakes
More than four tons of mercury a year drift from Midwestern coal plants into Northeast lakes, poisoning all 6,000 of Maine's lakes and the fish people eat.
Aug 28, 2026
Faith
The Happy Warrior: Lessons in Self-Control From Colin Powell
Colin Powell warned, "Never let your position get so close to your ego that when your position falls, your ego goes with it" — a discipline today's activists reject.
Aug 27, 2026
