Brazil, and much of the rest of Latin America, is flirting with economic, social and political disaster by embracing left-wing populism. North Americans would do well to take note and vote accordingly and intelligently.

Russia has many reasons to regret its savage war on Ukraine, but a very lasting one will be how it supercharged Europe’s plans to end its dependence on that country’s oil and gas.

The housing crunch is not going away without bold action. Current production will not meet the need. More people are moving to Maine than we are building. More than 16,300 people moved to Maine last year, and only 6,800 building permits were awarded. Four out of five of those permits were only for single-family homes.

The ultimate lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis in the present day is not to appease rogue countries or compromise on national security; Kennedy stood firm in the face of the Soviet threat. But, as we think of a future beyond the war in Ukraine, we will have to seek out opportunities for a stable, enduring peace. This will require taking risks and daring to dialogue despite seemingly unsurmountable differences, all in the interest of “our most basic common link.”

As his army retreats, Putin weaponizes food. Somalia, Yemen, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Congo — Putin’s war will kill in these hard corners.

As we celebrate 50 years of progress due to the Clean Water Act’s effectiveness, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case that could cripple it. In Sackett v. EPA … a radical opponent of clean water is seeking to withdraw the act’s longstanding protections for roughly half the nation’s streams and wetlands. In Maine, more than 206 miles of streams could lose protections.

Parents who want to bring their children and themselves to drag queen reading hours should have every right to do so. Those who don’t like these events don’t have to go.

If there were a literal referendum on democracy, it’d pass handily. As it is, though, no one is going to be convinced to vote for down-the-line Biden-supporting progressives, with all their fevered obsessions, because hypocritical, self-interested partisans say it’s what we owe to our republic.

One is tempted to say that in your response to last Friday morning’s attack on Paul Pelosi, many of you on the political right have hit rock bottom. But you lot have a knack for excavating depths that would make the Mole Man think twice, so let’s just content ourselves with saying that you’ve struck a new low.

Lewis, also known as “Killer,” was preceded in death by Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash. There is a classic picture of the four of them taken at Sun Studio in Memphis in December 1956. They were dubbed “The Million Dollar Quartet.”