I write as a Bates College alumnus and union member to commend the campaigners of the Bates Educators & Staff Organization and to condemn my alma mater’s heavy-handed and morally dubious tactics to suppress the democratic balloting of a legitimate union election. The actions of the college’s administration undermine many of the values Bates purports […]
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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Dwight Mills: Pandemic times require a bit more sense
I have long realized that the average citizen, myself included, is no rocket scientist. The pandemic has made me see how greatly I have underestimated human stupidity, be it ignorance or arrogance, probably both. Too many people spend too much time with the “f” words, Fox and Facebook, thus becoming another “f” word, fool.I can […]
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Cal Thomas: New York: No longer a ‘Fun City’
New York was once known as “Fun City.” It is rapidly becoming gloomy and, as it was in the 1970s, an increasingly dangerous place to visit and live.
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Dear white conservatives:
When Martin Luther King stood at the temple of Lincoln in 1963 and declared his dream “that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character,” he surely spoke a word for the ages.
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Mark Isaacson: Time’s up for Central Maine Power
CMP’s unreliability and poor response to its all too frequent outages, its hopeless billing system, its terrible customer service, and its plodding approach to solar deployment are all enormously frustrating. Whether they constitute sufficient cause for unwinding the company’s exclusive franchise may be debatable. However, its totally predictable and insufficient response to the challenge of beneficial electrification constitutes far more than adequate cause to replace its monopoly. It’s a necessity.
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Cecile Demers: Greenwood ‘had no regard’ for others regarding virus
I am writing this letter to thank Bruce Lovett for his letter (“Greenwood should apologize for ‘selfish act’,” Dec. 28) regarding Rep. Randy Greenwood’s column (“COVID is serious; so am I,” Dec. 26). I would like to add that I think Mr. Greenwood had no regard for anyone else but himself, and that we will […]
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Tom Hart: President Biden ‘is not for Americans’
It’s too bad that our country is going downhill with Joe Biden. I will not call him my president. I think he is a liar and a thief. He doesn’t want to help America. As soon as he was president he shut down the Keystone XL pipeline, and gas prices and other expenses have gone […]
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Larry Gilbert Sr.: Gov. Mills should back unionization of farmworkers
I supported Gov. Janet Mills in her run for office. When I read that she had vetoed a bill that would have given farmworkers the right to unionize, I fully agreed with those who said her veto was “fundamentally immoral” and “an absolute disgrace.” The bill, LD 151, sponsored by Rep. Thom Harnett (D-Gardiner), was […]
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Bob Neal: The Countryman: The fight for a key path to success
To walk the path to success, nothing beats punching your ticket at an elite school, so access to them is a key to America’s future. And the elites often write templates for other colleges.