One is at a loss for words to describe the amnesiac gall of those Republicans who have slammed President Biden for mistreating Peter Doocy.
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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Froma Harrop: Is the Zoom glass ceiling really about gender?
Remote work “will hold women back,” says CNBC. Home-based employees may be deprived career advancement available to colleagues in the company office. And women, usually tasked with child care, are more likely to choose — or feel forced — to work from home. That’s why some are calling remote work “the Zoom glass ceiling.”
Posted inLetters, Opinion
George Howitt: Comparing Jan. 6 investigation to Watergate
A mob of Donald Trump followers assaulted the Capitol to stop the pro forma ratification of Joe Biden’s victory on Jan. 6, 2021. Questions immediately began whether the role of the president’s rhetoric and legions of his followers’ quixotic quest for evidence of fraud fueled the violence. Unlike Watergate, Republicans refused to establish a bipartisan […]
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In rebuttal: Christina Raymond: Congress needs to pass drug pricing reforms
Saul Anuzis’ op-ed (“Congress has surrendered America’s war on cancer,” Jan. 23), is offensive to me as a cancer patient. His claims that drug pricing reforms in the Build Back Better Act would gut important cancer research are dangerous fear-mongering and are just not true. As a cancer patient, President Biden’s promise to cure cancer […]
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Bob Neal: The Countryman: Some words we can jettison
Let’s consider the words “expert,” “iconic” and “disinformation.” All are a) overused, b) misused or c) used to obfuscate. Or all of the above.
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Rich Lowry: The left’s coming defeat in the mask wars
The late economist Herb Stein famously said, “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” Well, masking can’t go on forever, but that’s not stopping its advocates, who will very likely, when all is said and done, look nearly as foolish as the fierce proponents of school closures earlier in the pandemic.
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Heather Drake: Preserve Maine’s biodiversity, keep ecosystems intact
My son has a book — “At One: In a Place Called Maine” — that is described as a love letter to Maine, depicting experiences that author Lynn Plourde has encountered across the state. It takes readers to a backyard with fawns, up Mount Katahdin, cross country skiing, and camping. If people haven’t had a […]
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Todd Gaudette: Disappointed by conclusion of Pats season
I may be too critical of Coach Bill Belichick, but I saw a Patriots team that didn’t want to be in Buffalo on Jan. 15, and it showed. The Patriots underutilized two free agent tight ends all year, and traded their best player in the beginning of the season. The Pats are far from capturing […]