Americans had reason to fear for the future even before the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. One hopes this enormity, together with respect for its innocent victims, will urge elected leaders to keep the risk of instability and political violence front of mind. In particular, campaigns need to talk less about the evil of their […]

Public outpourings of grief in response to the closure of beloved establishments reveal priorities too often forgotten.

Many states are implementing cellphone policies. Maine should follow soon.

A fracas over parking in a Cape Elizabeth neighborhood highlights – yet again – tension between public, private and the supposed ‘character” of a place.

Looking to elected representatives and others for statements that will change the course of the election is a pointless exercise.

The political aftermath of a recent violent rampage in Auburn shed a stark light on a very grave state of affairs.

All homelessness is troubling. But there is something particularly unsettling about older people — those age 50 and above — falling into homelessness after decades of lives filled with homes and jobs, faced with spending their last years on a sidewalk. Yet the numbers of older homeless people are rising across the country. The proportion […]

We’ve got to wrap our heads around the rising costs of solving this problem; they are only going to rise.