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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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Posted inLetters, Opinion
Stan Tetenman: Sheats brings experience to Senate District 20
I support Bettyann Sheats for the Maine Senate in District 20 — Auburn, Poland, Durham and New Gloucester. Bettyann is a graduate of West Point and served in the Army as a helicopter pilot. She has legislative experience as a former state representative. In the Legislature Bettyann worked to strengthen support systems for veterans and […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Jerry Hume: Was the Supreme Court leak a political stunt?
This is in response to a letter from Terence McManus published May 12 regarding the recent Supreme Court leak. Kudos to him for writing it. “Cui bono” indeed. It doesn’t take a lot of thought to realize that Republicans won’t benefit from the leak. What better way to divert attention from gas prices, inflation and […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
In rebuttal: Anthony Shostak: Disinformation Governance Board is a partisan issue
Mark LaFlamme almost nailed it with his May 4 piece on President Biden’s egregious abuse of governmental power by creating a Disinformation Governance Board, infringing upon the First Amendment right to free speech. LaFlamme went astray in his assertion that this is not a partisan issue; although at some other hypothetical time conservatives could conceivably […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts Jr.: If the Court loses its legitimacy, can its authority be far behind?
Small wonder a September Gallup poll found approval of the court at 40%, the lowest Gallup has ever recorded, and down sharply from 58% the year before. One cringes to think where it stands right now.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Terence McManus: Who leaked the court’s abortion decision?
Since the unprecedented leak last week of an upcoming Supreme Court decision that could overrule the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision which legalized abortion, the following has happened. In Madison, Wisconsin, the building housing Wisconsin Family Action — a pro-life organization — was burned. In Denton, Texas, the Loreto House building, another pro-life […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
George Howitt: Polarization is worsening within America
On the single issue of slavery, Abraham Lincoln said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” It took a civil war and a magnanimous president to reunite the nation. Due to the increasing polarization and the inability to compromise strongly held views on a wide range of contentious issues — abortion, guns, immigration, voting rights, […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Ben Bedard: Modern Republican Party aims to constrict individual liberty
So it has finally happened. According to a leaked draft of the Supreme Court, conservative judges appointed to the bench by radical Republicans, appear poised to strike down Roe. While the Republican Party under Ronald Reagan was a party about individual responsibility, the modern Republican Party has shown its desire to deny us the ability […]