We are writing in support of Dan Campbell for House District 90. Though a newcomer to politics, Dan has been a public servant to this community for 50 years, out of the sheer goodness of his heart. He’s helped youth and adults alike, in the school system, the recovery and unhoused community — anyone who […]
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: From great orators to gobbledygook
Today, we have politicians who mumble, slur their words, repeat themselves and in other ways make no sense. They neither inspire, nor unite.
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Lou Giard: Make America united again
It makes me sad that the great idea about the United States of America isn’t united any more. Our forefathers eventually created the two-party system for a very good reason. The fact that some people are naturally conservative and others are liberal is a good thing to always find a balance for the common good […]
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Clarence Page: Talk of mandated national service percolates among former Trump advisers
Somehow I don’t think, despite the entreaties of those on the right who fret about the state of our military, that Donald Trump would endorse something as politically unpopular as a return of the draft. But he’s not the most predictable of candidates.
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Christine Duplissis: SAD 52 board needs to restore public’s trust
In the Sun Journal’s coverage of last week’s School Administrative District 52 board meeting, the reporter included a quotation from director Jaime Johnson which insinuated that the board’s deliberations on revising Policy IJJ Selection of Educational Materials has damaged the administrators’ and teachers’ trust in the board. SAD 52 definitely has a trust issue, but […]
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In rebuttal: Larry Gilbert Sr.: Defining genocide in light of Netanyahu’s actions
Joel Olstein’s June 12 letter states that I claimed Israel is committing genocide. He wrote it is “at best inaccurate and at worst a lie.” With Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu stating his intent to flatten Gaza where Palestinians were living in the open-air prison, he is well on his goal to accomplishing it. Some 38,000 […]
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Froma Harrop: Anti-imperialists ignore Russia using Africans as cannon fodder
One must ask why the anti-Israel left, so sensitive to racist practices less obvious than this one, aren’t setting up tents and recharging their bullhorns to protest Russia’s war crimes. They just look the other way.
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Rich Lowry: A Charlottesville every day
The antisemitic rhetoric and menacing nature of that event — in a different, left-wing form — are being replicated all over the country in openly hateful pro-Hamas protests.