Hawaii state Rep. Gene Ward thinks Republicans should focus on what’s best for the country, not a particular leader. “Whatever horse trading you’re doing, give it up. Ask what you can do for your country, not what you can get out of it. Don’t make a laughing stock out of the party and the majority we won.”

An undefended U.S. border increases cartel profits and makes Mexico more vulnerable. Drugs, crime and social support costs sap the U.S. The demographic shifts present additional challenges.

When caught in the net, the bros go into their boyish shrug and frame their misdeeds as a these-things-happen excuse. They like to say, “I’m sor-ree,” as though they had accidentally stepped on the teacher’s foot.

There are few things we can do as a community to better correct our image than to recognize, applaud and celebrate those students who demonstrate that Lewiston’s public schools are producing graduates who can compete with, and outperform, the best students in all of Maine.

The overwhelming focus on the Russian influence operation in the wake of 2016 was classic conspiratorial thinking — an unusual or unwelcome event, namely Donald Trump’s shocking victory, was attributed to the machinations of a small, shadowy group of malefactors.