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 inOp-Eds, Opinion
Cal Thomas: Lessons of 1925
What can we learn from 1925? Plenty, if we will. As Confucius observed: “Study the past if you would define the future.”
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Froma Harrop: Americans, please hold on tight to your attention
How would starting the United States on a round of territorial expansion fit in with vows to chop $2 trillion out of the budget? Not well, and another reason to dismiss the clown show.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Joseph Pelliccia: Kudos to Auburn’s support of bike/ped trail
I want to congratulate the Auburn City Council and Mayor Jeff Harmon for voting to support the construction of a bike/pedestrian trail on the unused Berlin Subdivision rail line between Portland and Danville Junction. If built, this trail could then link with the proposed Auburn Gateway to allow off-road, safe travel from Portland into Lewiston/Auburn. […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
In rebuttal: Bruce Stevens: Letter seemingly discounts Trump’s many lies
I write in response to Joe Voisine’s letter (“No one is above the law, including President Biden,” Dec. 27). I am amazed that he seems to discount the more than 30,000 documented lies that Donald Trump told as President. Facts show the economy was strong under Biden’s term. There were more deportations under Biden than […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Clarence Page: Behind the “Lie of the Year,” some bitter truths
We need to get back to giving newcomers a more proper welcome, but I guess we’ve got to get past another election first.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Patrick Eisenhart: The power of Musk
Who would have imagined that a South African native, Elon Musk, would hold the power to trash a bi-partisan Congressional budget plan a week before the nation was facing another governmental shutdown? Who would have ever imagined that the job security of 2.5 million federal workers would rest in the hands of the richest Republican […]