The popular Netflix series “The Diplomat” has Keri Russell playing a woman who’s really sore that she’s been made American ambassador to the United Kingdom.

It’s going to take more than one senator to make the case that our system of elections and government are broken. Returning to the guardrails provided in the Constitution would solve a lot of problems, but barring that unlikely occurrence, it is up to “We the people” to make changes by voting for candidates who are committed to actually addressing and solving the growing number of problems that confront us.

We all know that there are many wealthier communities in Maine that can and should do more to take on the burden of supporting the state’s most vulnerable and needy people. “Maine problems” shouldn’t become “Lewiston problems” just because the problems are within city lines.

Marine insurance corporations may eventually demand their ships provide escort for commercial vessels — and stop the pirates from boarding.

The heretofore fringe idea that Section 4 of the 14th Amendment empowers the president to keep borrowing and spending as usual even if the debt limit isn’t extended is getting a respectful hearing.

I can’t begin to enumerate how immigration has made us richer, in every way. Our system is broken, and neither political party has an immigration plan that can pass a deadlocked Congress, but I still celebrate immigration.

No matter what is revealed about Donald Trump’s character and attitude toward women, large numbers in the evangelical community seem to have no king but him.

New Yorkers are divided on what happened on that F train when a former Marine, who was white, choked to death an unruly homeless man, who was Black.

The Legislature should act quickly on a proposed Maine Trails Bond because it represents investments for active transportation, connectivity, and outdoor recreation. With $30 million, and the ability to leverage another $6 million plus in matching funds, this would place Maine on the map for investing in its trail systems and interconnectivity through design, development and maintenance.