Biden has served his purpose by keeping Donald Trump from winning a second term and now many Democrats want to discard him like an empty paper bag. At least a paper bag can be recycled. Biden can’t.

It’s not just a 10-year-old girl fleeing across state lines for an abortion like some perverse new version of the Underground Railroad. It’s the fact that some legislators are pondering laws to criminalize such flights — to restrict women’s right to travel.

Our vision is to build modest, respectable homes for middle class families that have been priced out of the Auburn housing market. Our plan includes a unique look for each new segment of housing as to blend in with the current neighborhood character. Our objective is to transform an old gravel pit into a great new neighborhood that Auburn can be proud of, and that’s all that we want to accomplish.

The racial implications of this trend are truly complex. I habitually avoid using the charge of “cultural appropriation” in the belief that culture is not something anyone owns. However, it is undeniable that white people have been able to profit off aspects of Black culture in ways Black people have not been able to. Elvis is Exhibit A. (For more information, see “Elvis,” the movie.)

One is reminded of that classic “The Twilight Zone” episode where Billy Mumy played a willful child with godlike powers, and the adults were forced to tiptoe around him, smiling strained smiles they did not feel, constantly assuring the brat his every wish and whim was golden, under threat of oblivion or pain. They had to act like crazy was normal.

Musk’s demands for attention border on the maniacal. Twitter-obsessed, he signed a $44 billion deal to actually buy the social media company. After Twitter stock has gone down, he is trying to wriggle out of it. Twitter says, “Tough luck, see you in court.” In or out, everyone’s talking about Elon.

Though the King of Rock and Roll died Aug. 16, 1977, he has active fan clubs and buyers of his music worldwide and a new biopic in theaters. That’s why his Memphis home still draws around 500,000 visitors a year, down about a third from the crowds that came 25 years ago.

I’ve learned a lot over my first six months as mayor, and it’s more clear to me than ever that we need to move Lewiston forward together: elected officials, city administration, business owners, service providers and residents. We need to leave the failed policies of yesterday in the past and focus on solving problems.