Democrats are entertaining ideas — whether blowing up the filibuster, packing the Supreme Court, adding new states for partisan advantage — that violate the kind of norms they always cited in opposing Trump.
Alex Lear
A Maine native and Colby College graduate, Alex has been covering coastal communities since 2001. He lives in the Portland area with his wife Lauren, 4-year-old daughter Alaina, and 7-year-old bulldog Walter. He has released four CDs of original music and does occasional research work for Marvel Comics' collected editions.
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Kevin Landry: Pandemic highlights chasm between haves, have-nots
The year 2021 witnessed the piercing grip of the aristocracy’s talon clench tighter, in my opinion. These are the powerful elite class that control the media, academia, Silicon Valley, politics and Hollywood. In my opinion, they want to control the narrative without discourse. Freedom of speech and dissent used to be embedded in our country’s […]
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Bob Mennealy: Greenwood expressed dangerous opinions in column
Maybe there is something in the aquifer and well water in Wales that prompted two fairly intelligent men, Randy Greenwood and Isaiah Lary, to not get the COVID-19 vaccines. Greenwood contracted the virus and was hospitalized, put on a ventilator, and feared for his life, according to an article in this very paper. Science overwhelmingly […]
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Bob Neal: The Countryman: Can meat prices be lowered?
President Joe Biden, trying to take the edge off our inflationary spiral, has gone after the meat and poultry industries. His target is worthy, but his tools and his aim are lousy.
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Lou Giard: Wear a mask, protect a neighbor
I’m really concerned today about the fact that so many people do not want to wear a mask during this pandemic. They feel that it is their right to do as they please. What happened to caring for one another? Don’t they realize that we are all in this together? If we fail to stop […]
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Virginia Marczak: Honor Betty White by supporting animals
Like the multitude of people, I too, loved Betty White as an entertainer. I thoroughly enjoyed everything she did. So, when I learned of her recent passing, I wanted to honor her in some way. I knew that she was an animal rights advocate and decided to further support my agency, the Greater Androscoggin Humane […]
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Betsy Norcross Plourde: Head Start teaches pedestrian safety early on
In Martina Eastman’s letter to the editor (“Pedestrian safety education should start early,” Jan. 1), she wrote of the need for pedestrian education. I am pleased to share that Head Start programs in Maine and across our country are required to provide education and training on pedestrian safety to children and their parents. At the start […]
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Austin Bay: This year’s 4 strategic challenges
As 2022 begins, four strategic challenges to the post-World War II international order generate the psychological ambiguity — meaning plain old human fear — that fosters ethnic and sectarian slaughter and seeds the kind of bloody “proxy” wars that escalate into major regional wars.
