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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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Cal Thomas: Project 2025 is full of credible proposals
The Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” policy guide is full of credible proposals. Rather than allow opponents to mischaracterize them, people should read the book and see whether they are radical or rational.
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Clarence Page: Donald Trump takes us for fools when he says he knows nothing about ‘Project 2025’
If past is prologue, and Trump in a second term ends up using Heritage’s big book as a policy blueprint again, this 920-page tome offers plenty to keep more moderate folks, like me, awake at night.
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Austin Bay: A Trump NATO? The 3% solution
If they want peace, for the next 10 years NATO nations and their Pacific allies must spend 3% of GDP on defense. Current U.S. defense spending? About 3%.
Posted inBusiness, Noteworthy
Poland Spring awards $15K in scholarships to Maine high school seniors
POLAND SPRING — BlueTriton Brands, through its Poland Spring brand, has awarded $2,500 scholarships to six Maine high school seniors as part of its annual Good Science Scholarship program. This year’s recipients are: Poland Regional High School: Talen Langevin, engineering. Gray-New Gloucester High School: Amelia Bowie, political science. Bonny Eagle High School: Allie Hesler, environmental science, […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Donald Michaud: Auburn should mow its median strips
People who visit or plan to move to Auburn would be turned off by seeing the unkept median strips when coming from the Maine Turnpike into the city on Washington Street. They very well may think that if the city doesn’t keep the median strips mowed, how well do they keep the streets, parks, etc.? […]
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Carrie Jadud: Rep. Cloutier fights hard for Maine families
We live in a time when many have lost faith in government. It can be hard for folks to see how elections connect to their day-to-day lives. That suits the powerful interests who want to divide us and persuade us that nothing can be done. The good news is that we still have champions in […]
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In rebuttal: Dave Griffiths: Trump isn’t fit to be president, either
The headline on a letter from Michael LeBlanc published July 4 says Joe Biden isn’t fit to be president. I agree, given the disastrous debate. But how about Trump, who: Is a felon. Oddly enough, the Republicans whining about a “corrupt” judicial system haven’t backed Trump’s denial that he did indeed sleep with a porn […]
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Terence McManus: Math doesn’t add up for Biden re-election
Let’s do the math. First, in 1988, then-Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) undergoes a microsurgical craniotomy at the base of his brain. A scan reveals an aneurysm at the base of his brain. Three months later, a second brain aneurysm is found on the other side of his brain. (Source – Peter Lucas Boston Herald July 8, […]