Like many others in his generation, the 34-year-old U.S. Rep. George Santos has watched national recognition lead to power and influence in a media age much more accelerated than the one us TV-age baby boomers grew up in.
Alex Lear
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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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William Whitney Jr.: Capitalism won’t fix world’s greatest problems
The U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 2 passed a resolution denouncing socialism and the implementation of socialist policies. Rep. Jared Golden voted yes. He thereby signals he’s fine with profit-driven healthcare, would tolerate profiteering from Social Security, and is none too protective of public education. Presumably he’s for capitalism all the way. If so, […]
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Froma Harrop: For Republicans, it’s 3 a.m. in an after-hours bar
The people are wasted, hollering about their “enemies,” some working to repurpose their bad behavior into grifting opportunities.
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In rebuttal: Kevin Landry: Reject breaking America into tribes
I would like to rebut a recent letter by Deanne Danforth (“Defending virtues of being ‘woke’,” Jan. 31). The criticism of this “woke” religion doesn’t all come from conservatives. In fact, liberals such as Columbia University professor John McWhorter, who wrote a book called “Woke Racism,” views this movement as a religion with its dogma […]
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Joe Voisine: Beware of politicians who favor special interests over constituents
Lawmakers are struggling as the country is facing a $31.4 trillion debt. For the past two years President Biden and his fellow Democrats enjoyed having party control at taxpayers’ expense. Fact: The Associated Press in Washington announced Amazon laying off 18,000 workers and Microsoft laying off 10,000, to name a few. A much-divided house could […]
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Clarence Page: College Board AP course tests our racial politics, too
Florida state officials announced in January that they had rejected the course because of six areas of concern — “Black Queer Studies,” “Intersectionality,” “Movement for Black Lives,” “Black Feminist Literary Thought,” “The Reparations Movement” and “Black Struggle in the 21st Century.”
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Rich Lowry: No, slavery didn’t create capitalism
If slavery was the basis of capitalism, one wonders, why did the capitalist North dare wage a war to destroy the seedbed of its own prosperity? Why didn’t the region that was the great source of capitalism win the war based on its superior economic wherewithal rather than getting ground down by a more financially proficient and productive North? Finally, how did American capitalism survive the end of chattel slavery?
