Austin Bay: India and China clash on the roof of the world

In 2007, the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, at the behest of Japan, held its first informal meeting. The Quad consists of Japan, Australia, America and India. In 2007 Japan pointed out all four nations regard China as a disruptive actor in the Indo-Pacific.

Froma Harrop: People shouldn’t live on the streets. Period.

A lot of smart voices seem afraid to say outright that homeless mentally ill people should be taken off the streets, forcibly if necessary.

Rich Lowry: Donald Trump’s miserable month

Like almost everything else he’s done lately, his early announcement of his next presidential campaign has proved a flagrant political misjudgment.

Editorial cartoon for Sunday, Dec. 18

Rich Lowry: Elon Musk is the nation’s foremost culture warrior

That he’s achieved this status without espousing anything remotely like social conservatism illustrates how important a set of hothouse progressive pieties have become to the nation’s political debate.

Bob Neal: The Countryman: What can we learn from the past? 

Events this year in Maine and Florida may ensure that young people coming up will repeat the past rather than learn from it. The good and the bad of it.

Dr. Edward Walworth: School shootings in Maine?

On Nov. 15, a series of calls were made to several schools across the state, from Sanford to Brewer. The dispatchers soon realized that the claims of active shooters were false, but not before there were lockdowns, armed police searching school hallways, and fearful texts from students to parents.  

Editorial cartoon for Saturday, Dec. 17

Dick Pickett: Politics have no place in law enforcement

Lt. Justin Brown of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Department ran an excellent campaign for sheriff. Lt. Brown ran as an independent, void of any political party support or money. He lost by only a few votes. An amazing result. His entire campaign was based on the need for changes he would make within the department. […]

Editorial cartoon for Friday, Dec. 16