I was born and raised in Lewiston, left for the Navy in 1971, made a career, and stayed in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. I’ve subscribed to the print edition of the Sun Journal for a year and switched to digital a number of years ago. So, I have the perspective of being away. […]
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.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Donna Veilleux: ‘Renaming the Franco Center is wrong’
Renaming the Franco Center is wrong. Not because I am a part of the French community in Maine, but because I have so many colleagues, friends and family who are. The community created this incredible center and has maintained its beauty and ownership since 2000 as required by the agreement in place when they bought […]
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Posted inLetters, Opinion
Rudolph Ziehm: Fox News ‘an insult to journalism’
I hope the Sun Journal isn’t paying too much mind to syndicated columnist Cal Thomas, because most of his words are virtually worthless. I say this because he refers to the New York Post for his facts. He might as well make reference to Fox News. Fox, or as I have always printed, faux news, […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Lysen: Let’s work together to solve the housing crisis
Housing is not affordable for a huge number of Mainers, and that puts tens of thousands of Mainers at risk of homelessness, including veterans and seniors. Nowhere in Maine can median-income renters even afford the median rent.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Lawrence Small: Franco Center name change ‘just wrong on every level’
As far as I know I don’t have any French ancestors. If I did, I would be proud of it. I can’t imagine why anyone would want to change the name of the Franco American Heritage Center to Riverfront whatever. Lewiston is one of the, if not the largest, French communities in the state. Changing […]
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Chris Beam: Franco Center already welcoming, doesn’t need name change
I agree wholeheartedly with those who object to the “rebranding” of the Franco Center, even if the change involves only the addition of the rather inane “Riverfront” tagline. One statement in the March 14 article on the issue, “France weighs in on name change,” warrants attention. In defending the alteration, the current president of the […]
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Clarence Page: Insurrection? Let Tucker explain what you think you saw
I only find it darkly amusing that the right wing’s ferocious demands for strict “law and order,” especially regarding hoodlums who attack police, remarkably soften when confronted with cases of such lawbreaking by fellow right-wingers.
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Froma Harrop: Warren was right before she corrected herself
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has issued serial apologies for saying, when asked whether Joe Biden should keep Kamala Harris as his running mate, “I really want to defer to what makes Biden comfortable on his team.” She went on to say, “I like Kamala,” which is what we call “damning with faint praise.”