As one who sympathized and empathized with President Joe Biden, I was relieved when he decided to step aside for a younger generation of presidential contenders.
Alex Lear
Staff Writer
Alex Lear is a lifelong Mainer who has spent 25 years in journalism -- the first 20 as a reporter for newspapers in Damariscotta and Falmouth, then as Opinions section editor for the Sun Journal and now a digital producer with the Maine Trust for Local News. His long-running “Learics” column won first place in the Maine Press Association’s 2023 Better Newspaper Contest. He and his wife Lauren are kept young by their 9-year-old daughter Alaina. Send feedback and suggestions to Alex.
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Froma Harrop: Gutsy Republicans are quiet stars of the Democrats’ convention
Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine the sanctity of the vote should scare those who share his worldview as well as those who don’t.
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Austin Bay: The Biden-Harris Afghanistan bugout, 3 years on
The withdrawal seeded two hot wars with nuclear warfare potential — Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine, and the Israel-Iran war involving four Iranian proxy armies.
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Rich Lowry: Kamala Harris is no investor
Like any huckster working in a boiler room, Harris is hoping to find people credulous enough to believe what’s too good to be true.
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Cal Thomas: Reagan: The movie
The film gets Reagan’s toughness and convictions right, but it also displays something absent from so much of today’s politics. They include his sense of humor (YouTube has a collection of some of his better jokes) and the fact that he treated even his adversaries with respect.
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Rebecca Hennessey Legare: Clement offers experience, knowledge, dedication
About five years ago I met a man, a long-time police officer, who was running for Lewiston City Council. As we talked it became apparent, he was the real deal. He had a genuine interest in the city and wanted to make Lewiston better. I voted for him and watched him represent our ward over […]
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Gene Geiger: Sen. King ‘knows and cares about Mainers’
Our company doors have always been open wide for politicians to talk with our Geiger employees, but no one ever has been more engaging than U.S. Sen. Angus King. He consistently took time for genuine and in-depth conversations with people about what they were doing and why. He asked, learned, and connected in his wonderful, […]
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Lawrence Small: Mainers should know who Golden supports
If U.S. Rep. Jared Golden doesn’t realize that Maine voters know he’s trying to walk the fence, he’s selling us short. He won’t endorse the official democratic nominee for president. Who he votes for president is nobody’s business? (“Democrats try to balance diverging campaigns by Golden and Harris,” Aug. 17.) He’s not Jane Doe or […]
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William Phillips: ‘America’s soul is at stake’
Some Sun Journal readers support a convicted felon for president. The paper still publishes columnists supportive of him. Yet he was the only president in 200 years, whose vice president refused to support him for a second term, whose communications director resigned and just spoke at the Democratic National Convention, whose attorney general denied his […]