We men are good at hitting problems. It makes us feel manly. That’s why, from the Kremlin to Mar-a-Lago to the Academy Awards, there are few things more unpredictable — or dangerous — than a man who feels pressed to vindicate his manhood. The weaker the man, the greater the need and the vaster the collateral damage.

The BBC reports an estimated 200,000 Russians have left their country since the start of the war, a significant “brain drain.” Those who have stayed should heed President Biden’s call to remove Putin from power by whatever means necessary. I think Kennedy and Reagan might have approved of such a goal.

Unfortunately, in its current form LD 318 does not work in favor of electric customers and Maine’s ratepayers. The bill needs to include consumer protections that are written by regulators, not the retail electric industry.

Present-day America is bitterly divided — but Lincoln’s time was divided, too. As with Biden, political and legislative realities constrained Lincoln. But Lincoln’s ability to successfully wield gradualism and build to bigger achievements offers a possible method for overcoming divisions today.

Reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is more than a display of chronic Biden ineptitude and strategic weakness — the kind of stupidity that threatens world energy supplies — paying off Iran also spurs terrorism and brushfire wars in the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries.

Senator, you did well. You found a way to turn ugliness into light, to remind America of itself. Small wonder Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson wept. After days of this, years of this, a lifetime of this, she surely needed what you had to offer.

Calls for building mental health services should be heeded. The growing consensus, though, is that social workers can help police but can’t replace them.

Making a deal with the Iranian devil will not reverse the public’s view of the Biden administration’s failures. It will only make them worse.

A recent research report by Council for a Strong America puts into perspective the financial tolls that child care workforce challenges place on Maine’s economy. The report notes that the lack of child care just for infants and toddlers exacts an annual cost of $57 billion nationally in lost earnings, productivity, and revenue. The estimate for Maine is about $180 million per year.

Republicans could have their pick of a variety of alternatives in 2024 who don’t personalize everything, who don’t create a haze of chaos around everything they do, and who don’t carry more baggage than the underbelly of an Airbus A380-800.