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Robert B. Charles

National Spokesman, AMAC

AMAC Staff Writing since 2019 @Bobby4Maine Website

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Sep 9, 2026

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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

Politics

Medicaid Crisis: State Mismanagement Threatens Care for Seniors

Maine has lost 10 hospitals, 11 birthing units, and 12 nursing homes, with pregnant women waiting in parking lots for a doctor that Medicaid won't cover.

Aug 26, 2026

Economy

Why Lower Taxes Spur Economic Growth for All Americans

Kennedy, Reagan, and Trump all cut taxes on the same bet: money left with the people who earned it does more than money spent by government.

Aug 25, 2026