Advice to average Americans: Be vigilant. When you’re at the circus, it’s wise to watch your wallet.
Op-Eds
Cal Thomas: Institutions vs. We the people
So many are fed-up with Washington and want to see real change. We are about to learn who is more powerful — the establishment and its institutions — or “we the people of the United States.”
Clarence Page: Democrats have work to do to reclaim the mantle of change
Where have all the Democrats gone? Maybe the party’s leaders need to go find out.
Froma Harrop: AOC has got to go
The vulgarity and cruelty of Trump and his MAGA movement are bound to wear thin. But the party’s woke left has proven itself a turnoff to voters and must be replaced.
Austin Bay: Big debt is a national security threat. Ask Ike
DOGE exists to Make America Stronger Now (MASN).
Cal Thomas: Fluoride: Good or bad?
Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo has joined Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in opposition to fluoride in the water supply. Dr. Ladapo cites controversial studies that claim the additive poses a risk to developing brains.
Maine Trust for Local News could use your help
For about a decade, around Thanksgiving, what is now the Maine Trust for Local News has published the Mainers To Be Thankful For issue. This year, readers submitted over 50 people to consider for the annual feature. I’m sure many, if not all, deserve the nomination. But as I read the profiles of the 10 […]
Rich Lowry: Why we love rockets
The tests of Starship, the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, are the latest iteration of Musk’s approach of rapid innovation toward the goal of sending men to the moon again, and then Mars. It is an expression of a basic human instinct for exploration and adventure, with the rocket as its symbol and vehicle.
Carl Sheline: ‘From all of us here in Lewiston, thank you so much’
This Thanksgiving, what follows our grief is gratitude. Gratitude for these letters of concern and sympathy that let us know that we are far from alone.
Clarence Page: Trump’s kakistocracy invites possible catastrophe
My guess is that the new currency of the term has much to do with Trump’s first wave of cabinet nominees for his second administration.