I am so excited to hear that the Honorable House Rep. Laurel Libby will be running again for District 64. Laurel is the most caring and hard-working person I know. She cares for her constituents and for the people of our great state of Maine. Whenever I contacted her about an issue or problem, she […]
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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Bob Neal: The Countryman: Welcome to the newest age of hubris
Considering the number of people who think that rules apply only to the rest of us, this may well be known as a new age of hubris. Arrogance and its subset hubris surround us. And that trait may perfectly unite the Jan. 6 insurrectionists and their leader with other politicians, entertainers and athletes.
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Rich Lowry: Youngkin is right on masks
The Republican (governor of Virginia) issued an executive order allowing parents to decide whether their kids will wear masks in school, and met an instant wall of resistance from Democratic-controlled counties and criticism from the White House press secretary Jen Psaki. A Washington Post headline said that Youngkin is “terrifying people.”
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Froma Harrop: Bringing star athletes back to Earth
It was with dry eyes that Australians waved goodbye to Novak Djokovic, the tennis superstar their country sent packing because he wasn’t vaccinated against COVID-19.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
In rebuttal: Melanie Gerard: Letter’s comments on ‘left Democrats’ shocking, disturbing
Regarding Tom Hart’s letter printed on Jan. 15 (“President Biden ‘is not for Americans’“), I am a bit shocked and disturbed. He stated his opinion of President Biden which is, of course, every American’s right. However, he ended his letter with the following statement: “We have to get rid of the left Democrats.” I wonder […]
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Frank Donald: Amazed by proposed changes in law breaker labels
It was in amazement I read in the Jan. 19 Sun Journal about the push to do away with labels such as “prisoner,” “inmate,” “repeat offender” and “drug user” (“Changes eyed to strip ‘prisoners’ and ‘inmates’ from Maine’s statute books“). Are we seriously going to waste taxpayer dollars on this? This is just one more […]
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In rebuttal: Mark Wood: Separation of church and state in Maine case
Elliott Epstein’s column about his hope regarding the outcome of the Maine case (Carson v. Makin) that is currently before the U.S. Supreme Court, and his fears if the court finds in favor of the plaintiffs, are overblown (“Supreme Court to decide a key case in separation of church and state,” Jan. 16). The plaintiffs […]
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Sometimes you can’t help but grow weary
America changed, all right. Prodded by the stark racial fears of the political right, our politics became first shrill, then incoherent, then, one year ago this month, violent. They also became more exclusionary. Emboldened by a Supreme Court ruling that tore the heart from the Voting Rights Act, the right passed new Jim Crow laws designed to make voting more difficult for people of color.