A lot of smart voices seem afraid to say outright that homeless mentally ill people should be taken off the streets, forcibly if necessary.

In 2007, the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, at the behest of Japan, held its first informal meeting. The Quad consists of Japan, Australia, America and India. In 2007 Japan pointed out all four nations regard China as a disruptive actor in the Indo-Pacific.

So many songs have been written about New York and the love people used to have for it. Some still do love it. These are the diehards who seem to think it’s not as bad as one sees on TV or in The New York Post, the only newspaper that pays attention to the crime spree and the criminals who roam the streets, shoplifting and attacking innocent people.

On Nov. 15, a series of calls were made to several schools across the state, from Sanford to Brewer. The dispatchers soon realized that the claims of active shooters were false, but not before there were lockdowns, armed police searching school hallways, and fearful texts from students to parents.  

Events this year in Maine and Florida may ensure that young people coming up will repeat the past rather than learn from it. The good and the bad of it.

That he’s achieved this status without espousing anything remotely like social conservatism illustrates how important a set of hothouse progressive pieties have become to the nation’s political debate.

I’ve written about 1.6 million words as a columnist. This 600 or so will be the last.

We can’t discuss Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s need to hog everyone’s attention by dressing in clown outfits? Here’s news for defenders of Sinema’s sartorial disrespect for the political process: We can.

Good luck Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in your efforts to combat extremism. Your challenge will be less defining what is extreme and more defining what is normal.

The total population of the states with Democratic trifectas will now be north of 140 million (about 42 percent of all Americans) compared with about 131 million for Republicans (39 percent). That’s an improvement on Democrats’ pre-election deficit of 138 million to 115 million.