The notion that we must provide housing “where people want to live” is an interesting one. I’d like to live in Palm Beach. Where’s my affordable condo?
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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Posted inLetters, Opinion
Jacynthe Jacques: Rep. Libby’s spotlight on student was unkind
In a world where one can be anything, be kind. We often tell young people this precept, yet many of us adults don’t follow it. When Rep. Laurel Libby chose to put a spotlight on a single student, I think most of us felt not only how unkind but also how inappropriate and dangerous that […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Norm Gellatly: Teachers work hard, need receptive students
As the tennis teaching pro at Central Maine Tennis center (now the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn Campus) in the 1970s, I felt privileged to instruct hundreds of aspiring players. Virtually everyone was an enthusiastic, willing learner — lucky me. Time passed, and one day a teenage boy came for his first lesson. Nothing seemed […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Susan Dorman: Sen. King should consider run for president
Having been governor of Maine, Sen. Angus King has executive experience and is very familiar with legislation and representation from his years as an independent in Congress. Given our current political situation, might he consider running for president at the head of a new “Independent Party”? Something to consider. Susan Dorman, Bethel
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Cal Thomas: A ‘constitutional crisis’?
If there is one, Democrats should know because they are to blame for it. That’s because their party, since the days of Franklin Roosevelt, has been violating the boundaries and restrictions on government set forth in our founding document.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Linda Macgregor: Maine’s leaders must keep democracy safe and sound
Many Mainers — many Americans — are too busy just getting by to catch on to our nation’s terrible truth: the truth is I think President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s actions to cut government waste and spending are not only illegal — some dangerous, many sloppy — but are also deliberate moves to the […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Patricia Fogg: Democracy or autocracy: Only one can win
Jan. 6, 2021, defined as an attempted coup, was a violent disruption of a legitimate congressional function. It failed then, but the present dismantling of government offices, destroying their legitimate functions, jeopardizing the safety and welfare of Americans is a coup from within. The question: what will follow this government seizure? There is a recognizable […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Sen. Bruce Bickford: Solar subsidies need to be scaled back
When the Legislature first passed Maine’s current Net Energy Billing policies in 2019, the intent was to spur solar development. The actual subsidies were tied to natural gas rates and rose too high, too fast when the price of natural gas spiked. Adding to these costs is the fact that out-of-state investors noticed that the […]