My vaccinated aunt recently fell and broke her leg. She had to wait in agony for 19 hours at a Maine hospital before they could operate. Why? Because 100% of ICU beds were full of non-vaccinated patients, who are adversely affecting the health care of the vaccinated. I am saddened at all the “QAnon quackery” […]
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.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Arthur Roy: Social Security not enough to meet many elders’ needs
Since moving where I live now I have been helping any senior citizen who needs it. Many who are living on Social Security — plus myself — can’t understand why, when they pass on, they get $255 for burial, although the cost now is from $8,000 to $9,000. Living on Social Security is hard enough […]
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Rich Lowry: No, inflation is not a corporate conspiracy
All the hokum about the causes of inflation is basically a confession of impotence. If the Biden administration had a good story to tell about how it’s fixing inflation, it wouldn’t need to create cartoon villains.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
David Griffiths: Blues and Blatz beer down south
Back when country music tunes were actually distinguishable one from another, my wife and I frequented raucous dances at VFW clubs and Elk clubs and the like in rural Maryland. Would a traveling Black man have been welcome in such venues in many sections of America?
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Cal Thomas: Restraint and the tornado tragedy
Some politicians and government officials can’t let a crisis go to waste. In the matter of the tornadoes that devastated parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri, restraint was called for, but went unanswered.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Bob Neal: The Countryman: Can the Supreme Court save us? Or itself?
John Roberts, chief justice of the United States, has one of the toughest jobs in a tough town, Washington. He may believe he can save the court from itself. I’m not so sure.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Susan Brickson: Pedestrians, not just drivers, must be vigilant about safety
Reading the article about Maine having another deadly year for pedestrians (“Maine on track for another deadly year for pedestrians,” Dec. 15), I was dismayed that although the author mentioned that drivers must be more vigilant, there was nothing about pedestrians doing so. I believe that it really needs to be stressed that people need […]