In Norway, 82.4% of vehicles sold in 2023 were fully electric. So much for the idea that electric vehicles are falling out of favor and don’t work in cold climates. (The short answer about driving electric in cold weather: charge before you go.) The top-selling cars there last year were the Tesla Model Y, the […]

A few years ago, I was walking down the aisle in Hannaford and a young African American woman came rushing up to me and said, “David, you need to talk to your species!” So, I asked this woman, who we’d come to know through the Bowdoin host family program, “Why, Kama?” And she said, “Because […]

After Gov. Janet Mills in her State of the State address presented her response to the Lewiston massacre last Oct. 25, the response from her fellow Democrats in the Legislature was respectful silence. Some commentators noted that her proposals did not match her eloquent words about a horrific, previously unthinkable explosion of violence, with a […]

President Biden recently sent an email to 153,000 student-loan borrowers reminding them to vote for him this autumn. Actually, his email said that he is going to put America into even more hock to repay the college loans they had willingly taken out years ago. Putting it bluntly, his email said that the millions of […]

I try and avoid writing about Donald Trump, even though I voted for him twice. But sometimes you cannot avoid the elephant in the room, literally. As a preface, I have to admit that I understand why Trump is particularly upset these days. He has been the target of prosecutions that in most cases seem […]

It should probably come as little surprise that a majority of American millennial and Generation Z women identify as liberal. A Gallup Poll released earlier this month indicated the ideological gap between men and women across various generations has increased over the past few years, and that young women today are much more liberal than […]

THE CONVERSATION — In retrospect, there was perhaps nothing surprising about Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. Vladimir Putin’s intentions were, after all, hiding in plain sight and signaled in the months running up to the incursion. What could not be foreseen, however, is where the conflict finds itself now. Heading into its third year, the […]

THE CONVERSATION — The death of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, announced on Feb. 16, 2024, lays bare to the world the costs of political persecutions. Although his cause of death remains unknown, the 47-year-old died while serving a 19-year sentence in a Siberian penal colony. “Three days ago, Vladimir Putin killed my husband,” said Navalny’s widow, […]