Is Ukraine run by Nazis? Is Ukraine really part of Russia? Is Russia back as a great power? Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to force his unique and distorted views on the world. Given his lies that Russia had no intention of invading Ukraine, his claims require close review. Here’s some context. Putin charges […]

Wars, at least at the beginning, provide moments of clarity. Russia’s unprovoked and illegitimate invasion of Ukraine has provided many, including the resistance of ordinary Ukrainians and the leadership of their comedian-turned-president, who has shown Churchillian qualities in the early days. While the military outcome is not yet known, and cannot be predicted, the moral […]

As the mom of three MSAD 75 students, I began attending School Board meetings in December 2017. I quickly learned how important it is to know what’s being discussed and considered by our School Board relating to educating our children. I was fascinated and committed. When my town had a vacancy in 2018, I decided […]

Last week, Jeffrey A. Lieberman, chair of the psychiatry department at Columbia University, was suspended for his tone-deaf comments regarding a Black model. “Whether a work of art or a freak of nature, she’s a beautiful sight to behold,” Lieberman wrote on Twitter. The model he was referring to was Nyakim Gatwech, an American model […]

If this were an ordinary column, I’d offer some neat prescription or exhort policymakers to take action on the solution to the crisis happening in Ukraine that’s staring them in the face. But the truth is that I don’t have a pithy solution or a soundbite-sized call to action as the United States and its […]

On Oct. 3, 1993, during the Battle of Mogadishu, U.S. Army Master Sergeant Gary Gordon — a native of Lincoln, Maine — gave his life to save the crew of a Black Hawk helicopter that had been shot down over the city. Realizing that the injured crew could not survive an advance of enemy forces […]

When our children were young, we were involved in school board meetings and the PTA. We wanted the best for our children and their schools. We demanded high standards for those who ran for school board and for those who ran the schools and decided on the curriculum. Our involvement as a community resulted in […]