Well done news for Saturday, Nov. 14

Lasell University recognizes area student leaders NEWTON, Mass. — A number of student leaders at Lasell University have engaged in opportunities to enhance their leadership skills and bring positive change to the community. Kiara Fournier, a resident of Auburn, is a member of the Emerging Leaders program. The program is an eight-week workshop series in […]

Greene library adds board games, telescope

SMCC holding virtual open houses, high school visits

SOUTH PORTLAND — Southern Maine Community  College is holding a series of virtual open houses, high school visits and informational sessions for prospective and accepted students to learn about SMCC and its academic programs. The SMCC Admissions Office will offer virtual open houses grouped by academic division Dec. 1-8. The date and time of each […]

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Don’t let the doorknob hit’cha where the good Lord split’cha

Dear Price Wallace: There was a time I would have reasoned with you. There was a time I might even have pleaded. Back then, I’d have been shocked and appalled to see a Mississippi state lawmaker advocate secession from the Union as you did in a Twitter exchange with former state representative Robert Foster a […]

John P. Smith: The world of artificial hips

If you have an implanted hip, this article concerns learning more about it, to help you to become a bona fide Hipster. Hips are replaced today more than ever before; this trend will continue. A reason for this is that your original hip is simply a bony, mechanical joint. As such, tissue surrounding hips can, […]

Cartoon for Sunday, Nov. 15

Cal Thomas: Where should evangelicals go now?

Evangelical Christians have unquestionably been a loyal and largely unmovable base of support for President Trump since he has been in office and in some cases before. Should the election results not be overturned by recounts or court decisions, where do they go and what should they do? Perhaps no evangelical pastor has been a […]

Froma Harrop: Was gun waving the worst part?

Some of the sickest images to come out of our recent turmoil have featured Americans waving guns at other Americans – not in self-defense but to provoke fear. The worst showed armed thugs threatening Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on the state capitol steps over her anti-COVID regulations. (This was separate from an alleged plot by […]

Cartoon for Saturday, Nov. 14

Rich Lowry: The completely insane Electoral College strategy

Why limit yourself to the far-fetched when the utterly fantastical is an option? President Donald Trump’s challenges of the outcome of the presidential race in several razor-thin battleground states are unlikely to succeed. Faced with this prospect, some allies of the president are advocating, or beginning to whisper about, Republican state legislatures taking matters into […]