A Maine native and Colby College graduate, Alex has been covering coastal communities since 2001. He lives in the Portland area with his wife Lauren, 4-year-old daughter Alaina, and 7-year-old bulldog Walter. He has released four CDs of original music and does occasional research work for Marvel Comics' collected editions.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2022
Tim Winkeler: College isn’t for everyone. Vocational careers change lives, too.
I urge people to not overlook the trades. We can never look down on electricians, plumbers or mechanics. To the contrary, our society depends on those hard-working people who make daily life easier.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2022
Cal Thomas: To ID, or not to ID?
Congressional Democrats are considering legislation that would provide secure identification cards, not to U.S. citizens for the purpose of voting, but to those who crossed our southern border in violation of our immigration laws, which the Biden administration has mostly refused to enforce.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2022
Froma Harrop: Biden is obviously not too old
Pushing 80, President Biden may be slower than he was. Then again, he’s not a contestant on “Jeopardy.” A president needs a deep well of knowledge and good people to handle the details. Biden seems to have both.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2022
Editorial cartoon for Sunday, July 31
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PublishedJuly 30, 2022
Robert Macdonald: Lewiston doesn’t need more homeless shelters
During my term as mayor, after hours of discussion we voted to turn the Pettengill property into a park. We hoped with the new Geiger school up the road, we could attract young working middle class families to our city. The neighborhood was middle working class. However, I suppose when one holds a big job […]
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PublishedJuly 30, 2022
Rich Lowry: The joy of 61
New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge remains on pace to match or eclipse the single season home-run mark set by Roger Maris in 1961.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2022
Froma Harrop: Trees can help beat the heat
Certainly, multibillion-dollar things can be done to insulate buildings and retrofit the urban infrastructure to absorb less heat. But trees cost so little, do not require new technology and look nice, too.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2022
William LaRochelle: Trump ‘an Olympian mess’ who’s earned derision
Recently, one-time President Trump told a group of conservative college students in Tampa, Florida, that he and his supporters will not break, not yield, never give in, never give up, “never, ever, ever back down” in their fight with the “tyrants” who oppose them because true “Americans kneel to God, and God alone.” Said the […]
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PublishedJuly 30, 2022
Leonard Pitts Jr.: The year (bleep) got real
This is the most important story in the world because it is the world. None of the other things that gobble our attention — Donald Trump, abortion rights, gun violence — matter as much as the inarguable fact that this planet is rapidly growing inhospitable to human life. That grim truth has hit like a hammer in recent days. Now, perhaps, we get to hit back.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2022
Editorial cartoon for Saturday, July 30
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