A hundred years ago, the crew of Titanic learned just how difficult it can be to turn a great vessel. They spotted an iceberg and tried to turn the ship, but couldn’t change course quickly enough to avoid a collision. A wonder of human engineering was doomed; not because of its design, but because of the way it was handled.

As this country gets older, more senior citizens are abused every day.

On Tuesday, Republicans and Democrats selected their nominees for the U.S. Senate, where they’ll join four Independent candidates on the November ballot. Today’s as good a time as any to take a look at the frontrunner, Angus King.

If you haven’t done so already, it’s time to go vote.

For the past year, we’ve been relentlessly reminded that Republicans didn’t especially love their front-running presidential candidate.

LONDON — Some think Ohio will decide the presidential election. Others are watching Florida, or North Carolina or Wisconsin.

There’s an election in Maine on Tuesday, but if you’re reading this, you probably already know a fair amount about it from the coverage in this newspaper.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012, will be remembered as the beginning of the long decline of the public-sector union. It will follow, and parallel, the shrinking of private-sector unions, now down to less than 7 percent of American workers.

The Sanford School Department has run afoul of the American Civil Liberties Union, which in some circles could be considered a bad thing, but in others might be thought worthy of special commendation.