Joan Villani: Reasons for no protests after voting case

Has anyone noticed that there were no mob protests when the Supreme Court dismissed the voting irregularities case? They refused to even consider looking at facts. Here are two reasons, in my opinion. One, the court justices felt intimidated, fearing the mob protesters may appear at their doors. Two, the mob protesters were not funded […]

Laurel Libby: Are lockdowns benefiting our elderly?

Rather than dictating what our elders must do, we should engage in a discourse that includes them in the conversation and considers both their health and their autonomy. To do otherwise is to infantilize them, and disrespects and dishonors our elders.

Rich Lowry: No, Joe, we’re not in a ‘climate crisis’

There is no doubt that human activity contributes to climate change. It is a long-term challenge that we should seek to understand better and prepare to address through adaption and innovation should the worst come decades from now.

Austin Bay: The enemy is fragility: Pompeo’s new strategy

Planet Earth, for worse and occasionally better, is a world of neighborhood existence – many neighborhoods at peace, many (most?) neighborhoods uneasy and facing tenuous circumstances, too many neighborhoods experiencing outright anarchy and war. Blame the level of perception, of easy aggregation, for missing this truth. I’ll illustrate with an anecdote. Six years ago, an […]

Cartoon for Sunday, Dec. 27

Phyllis Caron: Government, help people find work

The government keeps saying it’s running into financial problems. Lots of people are out of work, so unemployment is running out of money. There’s only one way to start solving this financial problem we’re facing, and that’s bringing back jobs. That way, people can stop taking unemployment money, and the unemployment fund can start building […]

Mary Sanchez: Biden’s HHS pick offers promising path forward for all Americans

Because bible-pounding has become a favored tactic of politicians, it was only a matter of time before one of the cabinet choices of the incoming Biden administration would set off screeds of fire and brimstone. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has become the target. Becerra has been nominated to be the Secretary of Health and […]

Bob Neal: The Countryman: COVID confusion: ‘A tense present’

Uncertainty, ever worse numbers, vanished structures that had organized our lives, a smaller cast of characters in our lives. It just wears you down. And adds up to confusion.

Cartoon for Saturday, Dec. 26

Harrison woman named Deertrees Theatre artistic, executive director

HARRISON — Gail Phaneuf – a playwright, educator, composer, actor and director and a 40-year summer resident of Harrison – has been named the artistic and executive director of the historic Deertrees Theatre, providing performing arts entertainment to the Greater Maine region since 1936. Phaneuf recently relocated permanently to Harrison from Boston, where she will […]