I watched the Twin Towers collapse on a tiny television in my English classroom at The Park School in Baltimore County. I was 17. I called military recruiters that week. Like so many Americans, that day triggered a lifetime of pursuing service for the common good. I felt that shared desire to serve in my […]

A year ago this week, the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings got under way. They dropped a bomb on American social psychology and created a tectonic divide. And, as a book published this week suggests, their controversies were the result of a politically motivated hit campaign. I have to admit that when President Donald Trump picked Brett […]

The columnist says now, at age 70, he can find them all a little amusing.

A Sept. 15 event in Waterville is part of a national effort to force elected officials to act on climate change.

That thin band of nylon can be a lifesaver, Matthew Dunlap says.

I’m writing as an activist and human, with what I assume to be human morals. The newspaper recently published a column by Sam Shain discussing the controversy involving Slates restaurant in Hallowell (“Sam Shain: Slates story shows hatred spreading to the left,” Aug. 12). I’d like to dig into what he think happened. Shain started […]