Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah, on jobs for youth: The rising rate of unemployment among teenagers is the perfect storm of social and economic trends that is clouding the future for American youth, particularly young men. Jobs are harder to come by. […]

Some conservative political groups have run into trouble making ads that criticize Obamacare. The ads were intended to showcase “horror stories” from the Democrats’ national health care overhaul, but instead attracted zealous fact-checking and ferocious pushback from media outlets and liberal activists. The most striking example is a recent ad from Americans for Prosperity, the […]

As if it’s not tragic enough that the Winthrop food pantry is closing, especially after 22 years of feeding the poor and needy, the reason why it is closing is inexcusable. According to the recent news article about the closure, the “… Maine-based supermarket that provided most of its food is changing way it makes […]

Imagine someone close to you suffering and facing death because one of their organs has failed to function properly. Every day, this nightmare becomes a reality for about 18 people nationwide who die while awaiting organ transplants, according to Donate Life New England, the regional organ donation registry. If only more people would opt-in to […]

I wish I could bottle the excitement in the room at Mill 67 during the launch party for Synergize Sanford a few weeks ago. It was truly inspiring to see so many people come together over the city’s future. Thanks to all who came. Let’s keep a good thing going. On Thursday, April 10, all […]

New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy missed a couple games last week, including the team’s season opener. It’s not rare for a player to miss a handful of games during a grinding 162-game season, but Murphy received a lot of criticism for missing the Mets’ first two games of the season. That’s because Murphy […]

Ever since Eric Holder became our chief law enforcement officer, I have described him as being Barack Obama’s faithful vassal, who supports the president’s defiling of the Constitution. But recently, there has been a valuable exception: Holder’s call for reforming America’s prison system, a topic I have repeatedly covered. As reported in multiple media outlets, […]

Stop the presses! The political party whose bellicose leaders brought us the tragic, obscenely expensive, and ultimately pointless Iraq War doesn’t think America’s current president is tough enough. This is nearly as jaw-dropping as last spring’s stunning announcement from the Vatican that the new pope would be a Catholic. Shortly after it became apparent the […]