One can oppose Donald Trump’s run for president in 2024, while still questioning the way the Jan. 6 Committee conducted itself.
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
Lawrence Everett: U.S. in desperate need of honest, honorable leaders
Political corruption has now infiltrated even the National Football League. People who have watched some recent games can plainly see how incapable the officiating has become. For instance, the recent New England Patriots vs. Los Vegas Raiders game, where a Raider touchdown was an obvious out-of-bounds catch but ruled inbounds by the NFL referees and […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Norm Gellatly: Goodnight, Mr. Pitts
I write with sadness upon learning of columnist Leonard Pitts Jr.’s decision to discontinue newspaper column-writing in favor of creating novels. Good for him, as he seems to have excellent self-understanding, but a loss for us folks who have enjoyed his offerings for many years. His writing style has been refreshing and entertaining as he […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Rudy Plummer: Don’t need weather forecast 3 times in 20 minutes
I agree with Marc Jalbert’s letter (“Frustrated by repetition in local news broadcasts,” Dec. 22) and would add that I watch the 4 a.m. national news and then the local news, which repeats the same news I just watched on the national news word for word. Isn’t there any local news worth covering, and do […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Gil Steward: Column sent clear message about silent police radios
I get what Mark LaFlamme is saying with the Lewiston-Auburn police and the scanners going silent on us (“Lewiston-Auburn police radios remain silent — for us,” Dec. 21). My wife and I are retired and often did listen but, like he said, the Lewiston/Auburn police have been quiet the last year and a half, after […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Tom Putnam: Hearing my father’s voice in the carols of Christmas past
Our family singalongs are not the same without my dad’s presence, and our holiday traditions have changed over time. But in the privacy of our homes and the recesses of our minds, those familiar Yuletide carols continue to evoke his spirit.
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Austin Bay: Putin’s latest bad bet: Strategic bombing
Vladimir Putin bets cold, hungry and bombing-terrorized Ukrainians will surrender, even if the British, Germans, Japanese, Ethiopians, et al. did not.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Froma Harrop: TikTok needs to leave these shores
TikTok’s role in torching so many American brain cells would seem reason enough to get rid of it. But that’s not why national security experts and politicians of both parties want it banned in the United States.