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 inOp-Eds, Opinion
Austin Bay: The swarm war future?
The U.S. Army and Navy know enemy robot swarms are a threat. They are developing high-powered “microwave cannons” that can burn drone “brains” and protect armored units and Navy ships from swarm attack.
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Rich Lowry: The failure of “Latinx”
The pushback is a heartening sign of the limits of elite cultural power, and of the lack of interest of most Latinos in being pawns in the ever more strained and obscure progressive politics of perpetual victimology.
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Clarence Page: After Smollett case, Foxx’s ‘progressive’ approach faces more trial
As a Cook County, Illinois, jury last week found actor Jussie Smollett guilty of faking a racist and homophobic attack on himself, attention quickly turned to State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, the prosecutor who tried to let him off easy.
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Froma Harrop: In these #MeToo accusations, the details matter
The details change the heat of these stories. They matter, even when they involve predators and creeps.
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Cal Thomas: Medals for jumping to conclusions about Jussie Smollett
I wouldn’t write about the Jussie Smollett case and his conviction for lying about a hoax he perpetrated if it didn’t reflect something seriously wrong in the culture. Smollett was convicted in Chicago last week of faking an attack by a supposed Trump-MAGA man he claimed uttered racist and homophobic slurs.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Ellen Field: Laws should block spread of false health info
The COVID situation in America seems to be getting worse instead of better, mainly because of anti-vaxxers. Hospitals are overflowing, but these people stubbornly refuse to get vaccinated, saying, “my body, my choice.” They don’t care if thousands of people all over the country are dying because of their choice not to get the lifesaving […]
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Patricia Gagnon: Catholic churches should take care of retiring members
I was very disturbed to read in the Sun Journal that the Catholic church is requesting donations for its retired or retiring religious members (“Catholic churches to hold collection to benefit retirement fund,” Dec. 11). The church has proven once again that it is not a charitable Christian organization but simply “big business.” The church, […]