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Robert B. Charles
National Spokesman, AMAC
1,639
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Oct 20, 2026
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1,639 articles
AMAC Yesteryear
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 & Public Life
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
Politics
John Basil Barnhill's 1914 Warning Against Socialism Still Rings True
In 1914, three years before the Bolshevik Revolution, Barnhill warned that socialism grants individuals no rights, unlike the Bill of Rights that names them God-given.
Aug 24, 2026
AMAC Yesteryear
Longfellow’s Seaside Memories and the Whimsy of Youth
Longfellow, born in Maine and known for Paul Revere's Ride, looked back on his Portland boyhood in "My Lost Youth," with its refrain: "A boy's will is the wind's will."
Aug 21, 2026
AMAC Yesteryear
Theodore Roosevelt's Timeless Lesson on Courage in "Iron Times"
Nine days after Roosevelt praised the last Union veterans as "iron men" on September 5, 1901, President McKinley was shot, and Roosevelt was suddenly called to live those words.
Aug 20, 2026
Politics
Socialism, Corruption, and the Decline of Democrat Party Integrity
Today's party bears little resemblance to Truman, JFK, or Carter, embracing an agenda that would gut the Electoral College, nationalize companies, and defund the police.
Aug 19, 2026
Politics
Watch Your Six: How Socialism Is Quietly Advancing in America
The Democratic Socialists of America back candidates in Maine, Minnesota, New York and California who want government to own energy, transportation, housing and heavy industry.
Aug 18, 2026
Politics
How Socialism Erodes Liberty When Common Sense Is Forgotten
A logging truck once wedged itself under a 14-foot-6 Maine bridge and would not budge; the writer argues the country is stuck the same way, on socialism.
Aug 17, 2026
AMAC Yesteryear
Carpe Diem: What Robert Frost Really Meant About Seizing the Day
Robert Frost's poem "Carpe Diem" argues the opposite of its title, that we live less in the present than in the past, where happiness is finally understood.
Aug 14, 2026
