All the curfews and street patrols in the world can’t replace the bedrock of a safe society: parental discipline.
Op-Eds
When we decide elections are all-important, standards die | Opinion
The principles we apply to Donald Trump must apply to Graham Platner.
Maine’s birthing center crisis requires urgency, transparency | Opinion
MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital’s labor and delivery unit simply should not be at risk of closure. Available solutions are being ignored.
You can’t understand schools without understanding society | Opinion
Public education will improve not by blaming teachers, but by understanding and addressing the realities faced by students every day.
Platner crossed the line. I’m angry. | Victoria Hugo-Vidal
A lot of us so badly wanted a senator who would improve our lives that we were willing to excuse a lot of things we might not otherwise. No longer.
Trump ‘report’ on religion must be revealed for what it is | Opinion
This latest intervention is about giving conservative Christians power over everyone else. Period.
Non-judgmental tolerance, vaunted by liberals, is not a virtue | Opinion
When open minds close, danger and disorder beckon.
Good riddance, Graham | Opinion
We’re frequently lectured about the importance of character, decency and moral leadership in our politics. If that’s true, those standards must apply consistently.
Susan Collins’ earmarks do not compensate for her fealty to Trump | Opinion
Is this what political survival looks like?
America is at a crossroads. Maine must choose a road. | Opinion
We must choose between renewing our institutions or allowing them to decay.