Dave Griffiths: School goes overboard in removing word from curriculum

You can’t make this stuff up. The School of Social Work at the University of Southern California just announced that to avoid sounding anti-Black or anti-immigrant, it will “remove the term ‘field’ from our curriculum and practice and replace it with ‘practicum’.” It seems that “‘going into the field’ or ‘fieldwork’ may have connotations for […]

Deanne Danforth: Defending virtues of being ‘woke’

Some Republicans accuse people of being “woke” as if it’s an insult, something bad and something to be ashamed of. Until now I thought woke meant waking a person out of sleep. That’s not what woke currently means when used as a political weapon against people of color. In 2017, a new meaning of “woke” […]

Clarence Page: Can Black History Month survive Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ‘anti-woke’ politics?

After Republican Glenn Youngkin’s long-shot victory in Virginia’s governor’s race in 2021 after campaigning heavily against “critical race theory,” a line of study not taught in public schools, Republicans and other conservatives have weaponized the term to blast any lessons on race, gender and identity that they don’t like as liberal “indoctrination.”

Editorial cartoon for Tuesday, Jan. 31

Stan Tetenman: In support of state budget priorities

We are fortunate in Maine that we have legislators from both parties who do their best to work together to find solutions to benefit all of our citizens. Let us hope that spirit of cooperation will provide help to all our citizens.

Cal Thomas: Scandal? What scandal?

The White House is caught in an ethical bind. On the one hand it claims classified documents found when an FBI warrant was executed at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort are scandalous, while simultaneously claiming that classified documents found at President Biden’s home and at in an old office suite are not a big deal because Biden instructed his lawyers to go get them and inform the National Archives.

Austin Bay: Ukraine demonstrates war reserve stockpiles are vital

Congress needs to do its duty and replenish the U.S. munition stockpile.

Carl Sheline: Lewiston should embrace and encourage its entrepreneurial energy

The people of Lewiston define our city, and we are known for our gritty, can-do attitude. We persevere, and we do it with creativity and ingenuity, creating a better thriving community for all. That’s the kind of entrepreneurial energy that will drive Lewiston forward.

Froma Harrop: We can now call economic terrorists ‘economic terrorists’

People who threaten to blow up an airplane if their political demands aren’t met are political terrorists. People who threaten to blow up the economy if their demands aren’t met are economic terrorists. Let’s not be shy about calling them such.

Rich Lowry: Republicans can’t be intermittent fiscal hawks

It’s very strange not to seriously pursue a deeply held goal when you have unified control of Washington, then to insist on trying to achieve much of it in one fell swoop when you barely have control of one chamber of Congress.