We should give up the notion that we can have the things we want without paying for them.

Most tax increases have been averted, but the more difficult spending cuts remain.

A newspaper’s decision to publish names of handgun owners raises serious questions.

It’s easy to say we should do something, but it’s more difficult to do the right thing.

Gun control is just part of the way we should try to prevent another senseless massacre.

An artist’s work on display in his home state puts the Portland Museum of Art in a good light.

The cost of transmission lines could be avoided with an increased effort to use less power.

The response to Newtown should be uplifting morality and individual liberty, not more laws.