Benjamin Martin: Small voices are still essential

One of the definitions of essential, according to Webster’s dictionary is: “of the utmost importance.” Oh really? Here we sit, eight months into a global pandemic and what has the state, or federal government, done to help those working with developmental disabilities? Short answer: nothing. The staff that support people with developmental disabilities are the […]

Katrina Belle: We must support the Climate Action Plan

I grew up here, went to college here, and after working construction in Wyoming for 4 years, I decided to move back to Maine. Why? Because everyone who calls this state home, regardless of political affiliation, understands how deeply their community is connected to their environment. I am 27 and work as a carpenter building […]

Cartoon for Tuesday, Dec. 1

Bullied 7-year-old fights back by opening food pantry

Cavanaugh Bell attended a Gaithersburg City Council meeting when he was 6 and asked officials to designate Feb. 21 as Anti-Bullying Awareness Day in honor of Gabriel Taye — an 8-year-old Cincinnati boy who took his own life after being bullied. Cavanaugh was able to travel to Ohio to personally present the proclamation confirming Anti-Bullying Awareness Day to Gabriel’s mother.

The dangerous history behind the hottest gift purchase on Black Friday

While the popular success of this sort of first-person shooter game has occasioned a fair amount of anxious hand-wringing about the misplaced fear that virtual killings may translate into real world violence, there is also a very real danger in how Call of Duty’s marketers are using claims about history to construct fantasies about the world we live in.

George Will: The Constitution and the courts make possible criminal justice reform

Wednesday’s arguments will illustrate something that refutes the libel that the nation is “systemically” prejudiced: Resources for reforms often are inherent in longstanding norms and existing laws.

Cal Thomas: It was a most unusual Thanksgiving

That we were born or immigrated to live in America ought to evoke thankfulness. Looking around the world where does one find a society, culture, or economy that matches our own and offers numerous opportunities to anyone to succeed if they think, study and behave in certain ways that promotes their own and ultimately the general welfare?

Austin Bay: China prepares for ‘informationized’ war

For at least two decades, Chinese military leaders have debated the idea that electronic information equipment has become the primary warfighting platform — not tanks, missiles or ships but the information equipment that connects and directs them.

Rich Lowry: Thanksgiving is not a lie

As Melanie Kirkpatrick explains in her history of the holiday, New England colonies eventually established annual general thanksgiving days. Thanksgiving as we know it arose from these days and the memory of the 1621 event, with layers of tradition added over time (the formal date in late November, the cuisine, the association with football, etc.).

Cartoon for Sunday, Nov. 29