I do not think this country has encountered a leadership void like the one we are now experiencing in Washington, D.C., as I am writing this letter. When the withdrawal from Afghanistan went sour, our president and his cabinet, including both military and civilian managers, ran out of ideas and the backbone to take effective […]
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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Serge Abergel: Facts support Clean Energy Corridor
Question 1 was bought and paid by big oil and gas. It’s becoming common practice for opponents of the Clean Energy Corridor to present falsehoods as “facts.” In a recent letter in these pages, the author lists a series of unfounded statements he claims are “facts,” which is misleading. His talking points are straight out […]
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Right-wing radicals have stated their aims; we better believe them
The radical right has explicitly shown us and told us what they plan to do. I propose we take them at their word — take the threat seriously.
And act accordingly.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Austin Bay: As Biden Administration wages a war of lies, al-Qaida returns to Afghanistan
As President Joe Biden’s propagandists wage a rearguard political war of lies and narrative distortion, al-Qaida has begun exploiting his administration’s on-the-ground Afghanistan disaster.
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In rebuttal: Rep. Kristen Cloutier: Citizenship enriches communities and strengthens economies
In his recent Lewiston Sun Journal op-ed (“Maine is not a haven of white-collar office workers,” Aug. 22), Thomas Farley expressed his opposition to President Biden’s proposal to create a pathway to citizenship for people who are living in the United States as undocumented immigrants. Farley claims that, by helping people get the opportunity to […]
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Ellen Field: Anti-vaxxers need to use their brains
Some Republican governors — DeSantis (Florida), Abbot (Texas), Ricketts (Nebraska), Reynold (Iowa) and others, also pastors of some fundamentalist churches — are encouraging their supporters to get sick and/or die by telling them not to get vaccinated. Some of their followers will die in agony in the ICU, unable to breathe due to COVID. Some […]
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Cal Thomas: FDR vs. JFK vs. JRB
Granted, the world has changed significantly since FDR and JFK, and now a feckless president with low credibility makes a promise that will not be kept. How can it when there will be no Americans in Afghanistan to hunt anyone?
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Jerry Hume: Freedom of choice with COVID is ‘mob insanity’
Andrew Lewis’ letter in the Aug. 29 Sun Journal (“Auburn committee failed with mask choice vote“), hit the nail squarely on the head. It’s way past the time when this foolish masking and vaccination issue was put to rest. How any parent could send their child to school unmasked if school masking is optional boggles […]