Debacle. Bloodbath. Drubbing. Call it what you will. For Democrats, this was an ugly Election Day. But there’s no mandate for right-wing policies in its aftermath. Arkansas voters chose to raise the minimum wage while electing a senator who opposes doing so. Colorado voters are pro-choice and elected a senator who isn’t. Voters want action […]

By the time you read this, the result of the election will be very old news ”“ 30 hours later ”“ at least by today’s standards. That’s why I am not going over that. We covered all that yesterday. But here are some thoughts about some of it. Like so many other people, I went […]

We at the Pepperell Mill Campus feel that it is time to ring in on the issue of parking meters and public parking. This letter is not an attempt to sway the vote, so we have purposefully submitted this piece after voting day. We have observed the vocal opposition misrepresenting the issues surrounding parking management. […]

  The Record Journal of Meriden (Conn.), Oct. 22: Even the most seasoned coaches of youth sports should not think their programs beyond the scourge of hazing. It is important to remain vigilant, so that instances of harassment do not go unnoticed and unstopped. A much-publicized hazing scandal has enveloped the town of Sayreville, New […]

Mr. Harper wants me to discontinue my letter writing.  He should have asked the editor to cease printing my letters. It’s all the editor’s fault. Frank Novotny , Biddeford

Ben Bradlee, the legendary Washington Post editor who died recently, has been widely praised for his work building up The Washington Post and bringing down Richard Nixon. His guidance of the paper’s Watergate coverage thrilled a generation, and maybe two generations, of aspiring journalists. But the many extravagant tributes to Bradlee have paid less attention […]

Despite the 66 years ”“ and counting ”“ since their last championship, few outside of northern Ohio consider the Cleveland Indians to be Major League Baseball’s longest-suffering also-rans. That title has rested for some time with the Chicago Cubs, a charter member of the National League which last celebrated winning the World Series in 1908. […]

Oftentimes I ask, “Is this still America?” when I read such horrifying accounts as this one from Alecia Phonesavanh, a mother in Cornelia, Georgia, whose temporary residence was invaded by a SWAT team: “It’s been over five months since the night a SWAT team broke into the house in which we were staying … We […]