While new rules on record-keeping are still in process, other protections are on the books.

What Scrooge learns about giving is a powerful lesson in any century.

People who can afford to pay a little more are different from those who are struggling already.

The country needs to know what was done in interrogations and whether it was worth it.

Training Mainers for jobs that are already here is the best form of economic development.

Police have the duty to protect the public and a right to use force to defend themselves.

We need better mental health services but not instead of better measures to control guns.

If we wait to stop grieving before we start talking about gun control, we will never start.