Signs have been a part of Middle East lore dating back to biblical times. People in the region take them seriously, which is why the signs emanating from the Biden administration are having serious ramifications.

Not that the subject has ever been easy. No, as has often been noted in this space, this country has been positively Herculean in its effort to remain ignorant of African American history. From schools trying to ban it to state laws restricting it, to textbooks telling lies about it, that history is something we have long resisted.

As Maine’s economy moves forward dramatically changed by COVID-19, the academic needs of Mainers continue to evolve and change to align with regional workforce needs and the demand for specific skill sets. Higher education has a duty to help connect talent with professional opportunity, by offering a variety of ways to train Maine’s workforce with the credentials employers trust.

We are becoming or maybe we have become a Third-World country. But, we are Third World in a sense much broader than just selling basic commodities to other countries for their people to turn into value-added products.

Cheney is doing more than not selling her soul. Republicans may expel her from the position of House Republican conference chair, but in terms of national importance, she’s going nowhere but up.

It’s just not true, as the Biden program assumes, that parents of young children are eager to shuttle them off to industrialized daycare or pre-K programs.

As it turns out, the fact that he allegedly broke into the Capitol and threatened police wasn’t (Anthony) Antonio’s fault alone. As (Attorney Joseph) Hurley told the court, Antonio “believed what was being fed to him” on Fox News. Meaning the smorgasbord of lies, slanders, calumnies, hogwash and fraud the network has served up for 25 years.

No civilized society should force its citizens to go through this annual torture.