Whenever president-elect Joe Biden makes a rare public appearance and is out of the immediate control of his team it increases my suspicions that he is not physically, and above all mentally, up to the job he is about to take over. Last week, Biden fractured his foot and now must wear a walking boot […]
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Owen Smith: Tips for staying safe as life shifts online
As life shifts online and we take advantage of opportunities to virtually engage, older adults — and people of all ages, for that matter — need to be aware of potential risks.
Cynthia Stancioff: A campaign for a climate solution
Now, due to the efforts of thousands of volunteers with the national Citizens’ Climate Lobby, there is a bill before Congress called the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act that proposes cash-back carbon pricing.
The ‘Count Out’ of ‘79 almost brought civil war to Maine
President Donald Trump’s challenge to certification of election results and the just ended blockade of transition support for President-elect Joe Biden has brought to mind a chapter in our own state’s history. It’s the “Count Out” of ‘79, an episode where two sets of governments each contending to be the legitimate authority sat in Augusta […]
Rich Lowry: The conspiracy theory that could hand Joe Biden the Senate
There’s a reason parties seek unity before important elections. At best, Wood-Powell are distracting from the GOP message in the races and, at worst, convincing persuadable Georgians that it is the Republican Party that needs to be checked, not Joe Biden.
Bob Neal: The Countryman: More and more about less and less
Public radio hunkers down in its silo when it cancels a show such as “Only a Game.” A bit of diversity and alternative programming died when it stopped playing the game.
Froma Harrop: America moves on from Trump
Trump will certainly retain his most loyal fandom. But as his power to intimidate conspicuously withers, his future as a Republican kingmaker seems much in doubt. Ironically, the mainstream media, a group Trump continually whacked but that has lived off his every antic, will play a big role here.
Leonard Pitts Jr.: It is time for us to break our addiction to Trump
Dear Colleagues: Well, that was . . . normal. President-elect Biden slips while playing with his dog on Saturday and has to go to the hospital, where he is diagnosed with hairline fractures in the bones of his foot, necessitating a few weeks in a walking boot. The information is released in a businesslike and […]
Austin Bay: Merry Christmas, Hawaii: U.S. missile defenses just improved
Hawaii can rest a bit easier this Christmas, thanks to another successful Missile Defense Agency anti-ballistic missile test. On Nov. 16, an SM-3 Block IIA (SM3) missile fired by a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer, the USS John Finn, destroyed an “ICBM-representative target” as it plunged toward Hawaii. The SM3 is a kinetic interceptor, hit to […]
Froma Harrop: Who will recall these strange times?
The British media have tried to liken this generation to young people who endured the Blitz bombings during World War II. “How do the remaining Blitz generation — whose courage in crisis has long been considered a gold standard of national resilience — think all this compares?” The Independent asked.