Froma Harrop: What warming might do to New England

Columns & Analysis

Published
February 26, 2023

Froma Harrop: What warming might do to New England

As the climate changes, so have the fortunes and profile of Maine's potato culture. Drought and heat have so stressed potato yields in the West that Maine growers have been called upon to ship their potatoes almost 3,000 miles to french fry processors in Washington state.
Published
February 25, 2023

Bob Neal: The Countryman: Finding purpose in our brave new world

Looking for meaning helps us understand how our actions are or are not important. Looking for purpose helps us understand how we can fit into the world (and how we can’t).
Published
February 25, 2023

Froma Harrop: Ah, Nikki. Change your shoes

Nikki Haley is running for the Republican presidential nomination. She is clearly a long shot, but ditching pointy toes for sharper counterattacks would be the way to go.
Published
February 24, 2023

Rich Lowry: Biden’s push to radicalize the federal bureaucracy

In a push for so-called equity so shockingly far-reaching that, not so long ago, a "woke" diversity officer wouldn't have attempted it at even the most progressive liberal arts college, Biden is pushing to make the federal government a frank instrument of a racialized radicalism.
Published
February 22, 2023

Cal Thomas: The Coolidge presidency at 100

Calvin Coolidge has received what might be called a raw deal from historians like Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and Henry Steele Commager. They created a caricature of Coolidge that includes blaming him for the Great Depression, which began in 1929, the year after he left office. In fact, it was the policies of his successors, Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt that turned an economic downturn into a 10-year disaster.

Published
February 21, 2023

Rich Lowry: The ignorant and racially charged attacks on Nikki Haley

Only in 21st-century America can you call yourself the "proud daughter of Indian immigrants" and get accused of whitewashing your background.
Published
February 20, 2023

We shouldn’t need body bags to learn from Ohio’s train disaster

If the derailment in Ohio had led to a vapor explosion and people were killed, nobody would question doing whatever it takes to fix the problem at its root.
Published
February 20, 2023

American teens are unwell because American society is unwell

Preventing adverse experiences in childhood could reduce the number of adults with depression by as much as 44 percent, according to the CDC.
Published
February 19, 2023

Froma Harrop: We’re green. Are we mean?

Our trading partner are quite focused on — and rattled by — the unleashing of U.S. government subsidies, direct and indirect, for domestic industry. With the scales weighted on buying American products, there's been an explosion of activity making everything from electric vehicles to solar panels to equipment for capturing carbon.
Published
February 19, 2023

Paul Mills: Two Maine legislators showed how to overcome scandals

Currently, U.S. Rep. George Santos and state Rep. Clinton Collamore are on the hot seats. That doesn't mean their political careers are over.

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