It’s surely just an odd coincidence, the interesting juxtaposition of back-to-back speeches that will occur on Tuesday night when the governor of Maine delivers his State of the State speech in Augusta right before the president of the United States serves up his State of the Union address in Washington, D.C.

President Barack Obama finally seems to be standing his ground in the philosophical fight with Republicans over the direction of the country.

Accept, for the moment, the truth of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno’s version of his role in the sexual abuse allegations involving one of his former assistants.

Every revolution has elements of tragedy as well as triumphs — even the bloodless revolutions in the way people earn a living.

Saturday will mark the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The vultures it unleashed now are coming home to roost.

GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney’s position on releasing his tax returns is a work in progress; it is evolving, let us say, and rather quickly, too.

Every once in a while, President Barack Obama decides to confound Republicans and combat his image as an anti-capitalist by presenting himself as an advocate for business.

In politics, very little free speech is free. The more money a candidate spends, the better his chances to win the election. And the more money a candidate raises, the more favors the soon-to-be-elected official will owe.

For millennia, we thought our little solar system of eight planets — nine, if you count Pluto, as some sentimentalists still do — was unique in the universe. Then, in 1994, astronomers began to discover extra solar planets, and even though we weren’t alone anymore, it seemed as if we were still part of a pretty exclusive club.