Leonard Pitts Jr.: One of the last sane places on Earth

The so-called “Freedom Convoy” tells us that not even Canada is immune to insanity, to this virus of ignorance and inchoate intolerance that has infected much of the world. That saddens me.

Cal Thomas: Mayor Eric Adams is half right

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is wrong ... when he implies that a Black journalist would — or should — report on him more favorably than a white reporter. Such an assertion demeans the professionalism of journalists of color and suggests because of their race they should support politicians who look like them.

Héritier Nosso: Abdikhadar Shire is creating jobs and providing crucial services in Lewiston

Froma Harrop: What the Sexual Revolution passed by

Can we characterize a friendship trumping sexual jealousy as "taboo"? Well, it certainly puts sex in its place.

The hidden history that explains why Team USA is overwhelmingly white

While many have pointed to a lack of interest or fewer economic or social opportunities for athletes of color to become involved in winter sports, one overlooked factor is that these sports are often played in states in the country's West that have long histories of excluding people of color, through both segregation and violence.

Jay Nutting: How harvesting the sun can save family farms

In order to stay in business, many farms are diversifying through different products, opportunities, and revenue streams. A solar farm should almost always be one of those tools for a farmer to consider — if they and a developer so choose.

Paul LePage is serving up a fresh batch of malarkey for Maine

The former governor is just getting warmed up for his campaign. Who knows what outrageous claims he’ll make once he hits his stride?

Cal Thomas: Dirty tricks: The sequel

Dirty tricks are not to be confused with negative campaigning, which at least has some component of truth, but a filing by special counsel John Durham that alleges the 2016 presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton paid a technology company to "infiltrate" or "spy" — the word Donald Trump uses — on his presidential campaign and later while he was president, goes beyond dirty tricks into the illegal.

Dana Connors: Keeping commitments is as important for government as it is for business

Solid waste policy is extremely dynamic, regional, and essential for Maine people and municipalities. The Lewiston facility has been an essential part of the region’s complex solid waste management system, assisting the state of Maine and the larger New England region in their ambitious efforts to meet recycling goals. That work must continue.

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Does being a land of plenty make us a land of good?

America remains a land of plenty, of course, but the present shortages are a poke in the eye to any sense of sacred national entitlement. It turns out this ability to have whatever, whenever, is fragile enough to be undone by idling trucks or an unruly virus.