I will vote against the current status quo in Auburn. Let’s reject the steamrolling of environmental issues, the rampant bullying, private messages that belittle and threaten people who express concerns, public declarations calling residents and experts liars. My votes are for public officials who will listen to, respect, and properly represent the citizens of Auburn. […]
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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Clarence Page: Conspiracy culture has more of us thinking violence may be needed to fix America
Nearly a fourth of Americans (23%) agree that “things have gotten so far off track” that “true American patriots may have to resort to violence in order to save our country.”
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Rich Lowry: Anti-Israel demonstrators hate the West
Not only have we largely stopped transmitting the story of our own civilization, we have substituted an alternative narrative that the West is reducible to racism, imperialism and colonialism.
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Froma Harrop: Gun cultures need gun laws, too
No one who is not in the military or law enforcement should possess a military-style weapon. No one who has been deemed severely mentally ill should own any firearm. Those reforms shouldn’t be so hard to support, including in gun country.
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Bob Neal: The Countryman: Do it out in the open or don’t do it
When you take public office, you have to change some of your ways. You’re in a realm of rules that don’t govern other people. Such as what you do and say in public. Most of all, you have to do the public’s business in public.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Michael Boom: An ode to stupidity
“Stupid is as stupid does,” Forest Gump. “Life is tough, but it’s tougher if you’re stupid,” John Wayne. “You can’t fix stupid,” too many people have said this to count. Stupid people doing stupid things for stupid reasons are all the rage, if one wants to connect with stupid people who feel and agree that […]
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Amy Smith: Longchamps is ready to get real work done for Lewiston
I urge Ward 2 voters to support Susan Longchamps for Lewiston’s City Council. She is smart, caring, collaborative and practical. She wears many different hats, and engages with members of our community from every ward and every socio-economic and cultural background — and treats all with respect and dignity. She is a savvy, determined, and […]
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Dorothy Crowley Noel: Harmon would make an ‘excellent’ Auburn mayor
I write to express my strong support for Jeff Harmon to be the next mayor of Auburn. I have lived in Auburn for most of my 83 years. Never before have I so firmly believed that we must have new city leadership. It is imperative for us to elect a mayor who has the ability […]