In creating a wish list for 2013, one concept reigns over all: compromise. It’s a phenomenon we are not used to in America, and which has fallen into ever shorter supply with the polarization of our nation’s politics. But one way or the other, compromise happens — as it must. No one ever gets everything […]

With 24/7 this and 24/7 that, instant messages and rapid engagement, voicemail and text and Twitter feeds and nothing ever unplugged, it’s as if the heartbeat of America is always racing now, stimulated by more currents and crosscurrents of electric impulses than anyone could have imagined. That’s not a lament, just an observation that comes […]

When Olympia Snowe made her farewell speech before the U.S. Senate, there was respectful coverage in Maine and around the nation. Snowe labored as a moderate Republican long after that caucus seemed on its way to extinction. Snowe took stands — such as initial support for the Affordable Care Act — that her fellow Maine […]

To the Editor: I applaud Chiefs of Police Dick Rizzo and Mike Field, and Sheriff Joel Merry, for highlighting the importance of high-quality early education and what it means for our children and the future safety of our communities (“Combat crime with quality early learning,” page A8, Dec. 21). As a business leader, I would […]

To the Editor: I am at odds as to how anyone could support the National Rifle Association. They are a hateful organization. They have given over $54 million to buy votes and support the sale of all guns. For the life of me, how can we as a so called great nation support such killings […]