House Speaker Mike Johnson endured a titanic struggle to get Ukraine aid through the House, one that demonstrates the benefits of cooperation and the pitfalls of extremism. His ultimate success on Saturday, however, came at a dear price, one paid by Ukrainians in blood and in the countless lives that might have been saved had […]

109 years after the Armenian Genocide, the nation’s survival as a democracy requires U.S. support.

Our focus should be on finding ways to make every job as safe as it can be for everyone.

This Earth Day, local residents are demanding real environmental solutions .

If our communities are the heart and soul of the Pine Tree State, then hard work is the heart and soul of our communities. From the seacoast to across the interstate, each town has its own distinct qualities, but passion and grit are the foundation of them all. For my family, that hard-working Mainer spirit transformed […]

Nostalgia seems harmless enough, and then someone starts earnestly — absurdly — glamorizing the Stone Age. “Damn can you imagine being a human during the paleolithic age,” tweeted a self-described “eco-socialist” podcaster in September 2021. “Just eating salmon and berries and storytelling around campfires and stargazing … no jobs no traffic no ads no poverty […]

I didn’t anticipate the lessons of my career following me into retirement, but I’m pondering them anew as we witness a push toward extremism in the U.S. that mirrors the worst religious conflicts I observed.