According to a recent Reuters poll, the U.S. ranks last out of 46 countries in media trust. In a country protected by the First Amendment, one would hope that an open and free media would be the envy of the world. For many years, the U.S. ranked high internationally in media trust. The New York […]
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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Janice O’Brien: Require masks for everyone in schools
Where are our school leaders? During the ’50s and ’60s polio era, schools stepped up. During first decade of this century and the H1N1 influenza outbreak, schools stepped up. For the life of me, I cannot understand why our school leaders are not only stepping up, they are walking away. Shame on them. Masks should […]
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Cal Thomas: DeSantis is standing up to the weenies
Liberties lost are difficult to regain. There are plenty of examples in ancient and more contemporary history that prove the point.
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Joe Voisine: Biden’s vax incentives promote inflation
Rewarding the unvaccinated with a $100 shot, a chance at a $1 million lottery, and let’s not forget free beer. What’s next? Free tattoos, ear rings, free rent if you get vaccinated as soon as possible? President Biden can’t be sleeping too well these days. His trillions of dollars in federal stimulus money aren’t enough […]
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Let’s talk about the things they will not learn
“They” meaning K-12 students in Tennessee. Not that the Volunteer State is alone in passing laws and standards to restrict the teaching of African-American history. To the contrary, a number of states — Oklahoma, Texas, Florida and more — have lately done the same.
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Rich Lowry: Democrats applaud Biden’s unconstitutional act
Is a president of the United States flagrantly defying the Constitution an authoritarian act? A threat to democracy? Something that at least should be discouraged or frowned upon?
Judging by the reaction of Democrats and center-left commentators to the lawless last-minute decision of President Joe Biden’s CDC to extend an eviction moratorium sure to be struck down in the courts, the answer is emphatically “no.”