Politics & Other Mistakes piece on former Maine House Speaker John Martin, D-E

Politics & Other Mistakes piece on former Maine House Speaker John Martin, D-Eagle Lake. Martin was banned by term limits in 1996 from seeking a 17th term, and has been teaching political science at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. Martin appears to be plotting his comeback. With a discussion of the possibilities for Democratic and Republican leadership in the Maine Legislature after the 1998 elections

Politics & Other Mistakes piece on the way Maine Democrats perceive last Novem

Politics & Other Mistakes piece on the way Maine Democrats perceive last November\u27s elections, in which they lost a U.S. Senate seat, the 1st District congressional seat, the governship, control of the state Senate and over a dozen state House seats

Politics & Other Mistakes piece on U.S. senator Olympia Snowe\u27s reversal on te

Politics & Other Mistakes piece on U.S. senator Olympia Snowe\u27s reversal on term limits; the Maine Right to Life Committee and its failure to comply with Maine\u27s lobbyist registration law; and Paul Young, who finished back in the pack in the 1994 GOP gubernatorial primary

Politics & Other Mistakes piece on Bill Clarke, 34, of Greene, the U.S. Taxpay

Politics & Other Mistakes piece on Bill Clarke, 34, of Greene, the U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate for the U.S. Senate. Clarke favors more government regulation and opposes gun control, trade agreements, environmental protection, taxes and most social programs. He revealed that he had an affair, divorced his wife, was diagnosed with manic depression and admitted to Jackson Brook Institute, and now takes drugs to control his illness

Politics & Other Mistakes piece on Carolyn Cosby of Concerned Maine Families;

Politics & Other Mistakes piece on Carolyn Cosby of Concerned Maine Families; Bob Monks, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, who, until recently, spent virtually all his time at homes in Washington and Florida; and false information about the pending retirement of U.S. represenative John Baldacci

Politics and Other Mistakes piece on U.S. senator Susan Collins and her stand

Politics and Other Mistakes piece on U.S. senator Susan Collins and her stand on campaign finance reform; Democratic contenders for the 1998 gubernatorial contest; and the choice of Maine Supreme Judicial Court justice Kermit Lipez for the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals

So Noted piece on circumcision, suggesting that both male and female circumcis

So Noted piece on circumcision, suggesting that both male and female circumcision should be outlawed as genital mutilation

Politics and Other Mistakes piece on Davis Rawson, outspoken Maine political c

Politics and Other Mistakes piece on Davis Rawson, outspoken Maine political columnist, who died June 23, at the age of 56

Politics and Other Mistakes piece on Maine Won\u27t Discriminate and South Portla

Politics and Other Mistakes piece on Maine Won\u27t Discriminate and South Portland Citizens for Justice, two organizations calling on voters to support a referendum that would establish a gay rights ordinance in South Portland; and a battle between incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Dale McCormick, and Democratic House Speaker Libby Mitchell, who is being forced out of office by the term limit law and wants the appointed state treasurer\u27s post

Politics and Other Mistakes piece on Maine\u27s ultra-conservatives such as Jon R

Politics and Other Mistakes piece on Maine\u27s ultra-conservatives such as Jon Reisman, unsuccessful congressional candidate and new chairman of Keep Maine Free; state representative Tom Shields of Auburn, who wants to mandate English as Maine\u27s official language; and state representative Douglas Ahearne of Madawaska, who successfully promoted a legislative bill in 1997 that prohibits ordering beer and wine by mail, and an unsuccessful campaign this year to make the purchase of beer and wine through either the postal service or cyberspace a felony