Declaring winners in the bookshelf wealth debate is of no consequence, even to the winners. Everyone does what they want with their bookshelves. That’s as it should be.
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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Austin Bay: Fixing U.S. defense procurement: A Texas independent helicopter example
It’s time to revive American manufacturing with “little guy” innovation and insistence on quality.
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Posted inLetters, Opinion
Gina Morin: Many Mainers need nutrition assistance benefits
Gov. Janet Mills has proposed a rollback to the hardship exemption that allows our immigrants and asylum seekers the ability to receive SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) while looking for work. Taking SNAP away from these people isn’t helpful. It would only make sense to keep them healthy. Then, when they do find a job, […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
David Griswold: Ukraine vs. Russia evokes America vs. Britain
Ukraine urgently needs and deserves our continued support. Ukraine first declared independence as the Russian empire fell in 1917. It was crushed by the Bolsheviks. Joseph Stalin starved millions of Ukrainians in 1932-33 so that the grain they depended on could be exported. In 1991, Ukraine’s second declaration of independence was key to the collapse […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Tom Fallon: Don’t ignore threats of violence
We in Maine now understand that the state of mind of Robert Card was not understood or ignored; so many people were killed in the mass shooting in Lewiston that took place last year. That shooting is still clear in our minds as an act of horror we never want repeated. Now, Donald Trump has […]
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Rich Lowry: Joe Biden should be angry and anxious
Biden should be upset, because no one likes the prospect of losing a presidential race. More profoundly, a loss to Trump would instantly vaporize what was to be Biden’s most important legacy — stopping Trump and supposedly saving American democracy. On his terms, Biden can’t afford to go one-for-two in this endeavor.
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Cal Brown: Maine should put surplus toward its schools
It’s absolutely stunning to me that with huge surplus income that has been, and is being, discussed within the statehouse, our governor and Legislature are not able to see the forest for the trees and use it for schools. Cal Brown, Litchfield
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Bob Neal: The Countryman: Maybe, it doesn’t have to be so bad
Whatever the status or our polarization, the two paths to reducing it, or at least to reducing its crippling effects, come down to us. The voters. Especially to us who call ourselves moderate.
