In those monster movies so popular at Halloween, it usually takes a while for the killer to be revealed, but when he is, the terror he inspired among his targets often comes to a frightening conclusion for viewers. This analogy perfectly fits the impeachment scenario now playing out in Washington. The nation is beginning to […]

California is staying true to its reputation as the land of innovation — it is making blackouts, heretofore the signature of impoverished and war-torn lands, a routine feature of 21st-century American life. More than 2 million people are going without power in Northern and Central California, in the latest and biggest of the intentional blackouts […]

They let Donald Trump out of his bubble Sunday. It did not go well. Granted, every president lives in a bubble, due to security concerns. But Trump lives in a bubble within a bubble, one that has less to do with protecting him from assassins than with protecting him from reality. That’s why his public […]

What a shame Washington political and media elites couldn’t briefly halt their uncivil domestic political brawl to applaud a victory over the world’s most vicious international terrorist organization, the Islamic State group of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. A more unified and strategically thoughtful reaction to ISIS commander, mass rapist, savage torturer, mass murderer and […]

Only extreme partisans intent on denying President Trump any credit for any success would be critical of the operation he ordered that resulted in the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. These extreme partisans include Speaker Nancy Pelosi who, while praising the “heroism” of the special unit that conducted the raid on al-Baghdadi’s […]

Beats me why heartland Democrats running for president haven’t gained more traction. Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan just left the race despite his success in part of the industrial Midwest that delivered the presidency to Donald Trump. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock continues to just hang on, arguing that he’s the only Democrat who won statewide office […]

WASHINGTON — It increasingly seems that the fate of Donald Trump’s presidency will be settled by that old political standby: public opinion. By all reports, Democrats have more than enough votes in the House of Representatives to impeach Trump — that is, to indict him for “high crimes and misdemeanors” and to send the articles […]

Joe DiGenova probably coined a new expression, “incandescent ignoramus,” to describe one of today’s witless, pop-star politicians. That remarkably compact description befits his legal training and point of view. One evening earlier this month radio host Howie Carr took a listener’s call. It was also brief and to the point: “Trump is a scumbag.” This […]

I have long been frustrated by our system that provides support to Mainers with disabilities. I have dealt with this personally for many years on behalf of my son who has a severe physical disability, and I know well what it is like to spend hours on hold, waiting for someone to respond to my […]