In this superheated environment, it becomes more important to counter disinformation with good information, beginning with “whiteness studies,” an area of sociological study and research that probes how race is defined, its origins and how it is constructed by societies more than by nature.

True, Chris Christie’s poll numbers remain in the single digits, but they’re going up while Ron DeSantis’ are falling. A recent New Hampshire poll puts Christie third among registered voters. His 6% is creeping up on DeSantis’ 19%.

Government control of the electric system and the proposed Pine Tree Power are bad models for electric utilities at this scale. I don’t want to be in the position again where I am forced to make a decision that I know is not in the best interest of my electric system, my customers or my team, just so that a politician can bolster their reelection prospects for another cycle.

Every incentive is to keep trotting President Biden out like nothing is wrong — 80 is the new 70 — and hope for the best. Maybe he shuffles through the raindrops and nothing bad happens between now and November 2024. But there is some significant chance that it does, that there is a fateful sandbag, wire, or step out there that is going to bring home the fragility of the leader of the free world in a disturbing and undeniable way.

Naysayers have a case. Admitting a nation fighting a war on its territory against an invader risks escalation.

If President Biden has been tested for dementia and Alzheimer’s, the public deserves to see the results. If he hasn’t, he should be tested to put the issue to rest and allow voters to determine whether he should serve, or is up to serving, a second term.

For all intents and purposes, the 131st Maine Legislature has finished its first session. All that remains is dividing up a few million dollars still available in a pair of record-setting budgets.