Editorial cartoon for Friday, Dec. 2

Cal Thomas: Biden’s misplaced emphasis on one gun

What has been missing in the continuing debate about guns is a focus on the declining value our culture places on life, as well as any notion of personal responsibility and accountability for one’s actions. From the continued advocacy by some for no restrictions on abortion, to states that have passed assisted-suicide legislation, the value on human life “endowed by our Creator” has eroded like sand at the seashore.

Leonard Pitts Jr.: We owe them much better than this

The Nazis systematically murdered 11 million people — 6 million of them Jews, the rest homosexuals, communists, labor unionists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the disabled — for the “crime” of worshiping, thinking or being, different. That’s a September 11 attack every day for 10 years.

Editorial cartoon for Thursday, Dec. 1

Jonathan Carter: The climate future

Unless humanity can immediately reverse the course of planetary destruction, there is little hope for a brighter future. The unanswered question is whether we in the United States and the rest of the global community can find a viable path forward. It will require those of us who have lived a profligate life of luxury to reduce our consumption and to start the sharing of our great wealth with the have nots.

August Sender: A new take on ‘Gender Queer’

The book “Gender Queer” is not grooming our children. It is not promoting sex. It is doing the exact opposite. It offers the reader simple, relatable examples of consent, boundaries, and respect — all things we desperately need and want for our children.

Lou Giard: County needs large shelter to house all homeless

I have an idea about how we could really help the homeless, which I realize any one of us could be at any time. I feel that the whole of Androscoggin County, the governor, city officials, and churches of every denominations should all be willing to contribute together to build a large shelter to care […]

Editorial cartoon for Tuesday, Nov. 22

Cal Thomas: Mike Pence: A man of integrity

If he runs for president, he will have stiff competition, all of whom are much better than Donald Trump.

Austin Bay: Peace with Vladimir Putin’s Russia is a delusion

Whether or not the missiles were intentionally aimed at Poland, they constitute an Article 5 violation. That’s why they constitute a very real diplomatic test of the Biden administration’s vow to defend NATO’s territorial integrity against military attack.