Just about every media news outlet continues to lament the large numbers of Americans that still refuse to take the COVID vaccine. Why? I have a clue. Many of us hate needles poking into our arms anyway, and look away during that moment of insertion. But every channel broadcasting news on vaccinations repeatedly shows multiple […]
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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Cal Thomas: Stamp out the U.S. Postal Service
If only we could resurrect the original postmaster, Benjamin Franklin, who created a system that was affordable and fast for his day. Franklin would likely be appalled at what we have today. He might even recommend stamping it out and starting over.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Ameen Asbahi: Bill would mean justice, equal rights for tribes
Lewiston needs to fight for the rights of its Indigenous neighbors. Since the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act, the tribes in Maine have been robbed from the benefits of over 150 bills passed by the U.S Congress. Now the tribes are fighting for justice and equal rights through LD 1626, and we need to […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Tamera Grieshaber: Sheline is the leader Lewiston needs
I am pleased to add my name to the long list of supporters of Carl Sheline as our next mayor of Lewiston. I have had the pleasure of working with Carl on numerous committees and events over the years. Carl has tirelessly promoted Lewiston as a place of opportunity, with great economic and educational potential. […]
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Republicans ‘Make Bigotry Great Again’
And this is the price we pay. A white man with a demonstrated antipathy toward Black Lives Matter protesters drives through them in a crosswalk, injures a man — and flees the scene. You’d think that would be a crime. But this is America in 2021.
So you would be mistaken.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Roberta Brezinski: Senators should support 10-year government overhaul
Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are the only Senate Democrats not supporting Biden’s 10-year, $3.5 trillion government overhaul. In a Sept. 2 Wall Street Journal opinion piece, Sen. Manchin wrote, “What should we fund and what can we simply not afford?” We must keep in mind that the $3.5 trillion proposed is to be […]
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Rich Lowry: The zero cost canard
Trying to redefine the cost of a $3.5 trillion bill as zero must rank among the most patently absurd attempts to change reality through a talking point ever attempted.