Tom Allen — American Politician born on April 16, 1945,

Thomas Hodge "Tom" Allen is a former member of the United States House of Representatives representing Maine's 1st congressional district, and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2008 against Republican incumbent Senator Susan Collins. Allen lost to Collins... (wikipedia)

In this part of the world, only Maine gives winter the welcome and the worship it should have.
Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence.
Under current federal policy on human embryonic stem cell research, only those stem cell lines derived before August 9, 2001 are eligible for federally funded research.
While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best.
What our Republican friends are doing, if we look at what they do and not what they say, they have decided that the most important thing in this country is to increase payments for interest on the national debt.