Last month I wrote about “civic disaster behavior” and what we could each do to counteract it. Here’s a great opportunity — Election Day is Tuesday!

It may be unusual for a college president to step into a political event such as the Tar Sands Action. Some of my colleagues at other institutions will no doubt think me quite mad to join the group that will circle the White House today, Sunday.

Republicans usually enter a presidential campaign with a built-in advantage on at least one issue: national security. Historically, voters trust the GOP to be tougher than Democrats on defense and foreign policy.

CAIRO — The massive crowds of rebellious youths have long since left Tahrir Square, which is jammed again with honking cars and trucks stuck in endless gridlock.

WASHINGTON — Where are the jobs?

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama was a principled opponent of the Iraq War from its beginning. But when he became president in January 2009, he was handed a war that was won. The surge had succeeded. Al-Qaeda in Iraq had been routed, driven to humiliating defeat by an Anbar Awakening of Sunnis fighting side-by-side with the infidel Americans. Even more remarkably, the Shiite militias had been taken down, with American backing, by the forces of Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. They crushed the Sadr militias from Basra to Sadr City.

Because this column is so fabulous and attracts fabulous readers like yourself, the point being made today comes in the form of a fable.

On Tuesday’s ballot, there will be two bond issue questions before Augusta voters. One would fund important conservation and safety improvements to Gilbert Elementary School and the other would fund the reconstruction of residential streets on the city’s East Side. As your mayor and as your school board chair, we are in full support of both of these investments. We are writing this column to explain why and to encourage the voters of Augusta to also support these investments.

Central Maine is at an energy crossroads and an opportunity for a publicly owned utility presents itself to the town of Madison.

Sometimes, voting is fun. That’s often the case in presidential election years. Hard as it may be to believe now, President Barack Obama was swept into office three years ago by a wave of enthusiastic support. Millions of Americans registered for the first time and cast their inaugural votes for our nation’s first African-American president.