I write in response to Kevin Landry’s June 8 letter to the editor (“People need equal opportunities, not equal outcomes“). Critical race theory is more than just categorizing people into the oppressed and oppressors. Critical race theory is the idea that there is no biological or inherent idea of “inferiority” tied to race. To elaborate, […]
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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Rich Lowry: H.R.1 is a travesty
It is unfocused, highhanded in its impositions on the states, careless of speech rights, and constitutionally dubious. Absent some radical turnabout, the bill is dead in the Senate, and it deserves to be.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Deanne Danforth: Mass psychosis’ impact on America
Republicans have a serious case of mass psychosis. Republicans are spreading conspiracy theories about the election, COVID injections, QAnon, President Biden, cancel culture, former President Trump, etc. These crazy theories have become normal in America. The delusions are spreading like wildfire. Mass psychosis caused the Salem witch trials, genocide of the Jews, Japanese internment camps […]
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Ronald and Susan Dorman: Kudos to prayers for America’s leaders
Thanks to all people praying for the president and cabinet; the national, state, and local legislatures; and the judiciary: that all U.S. government officials may be good stewards in good conscience; and that national, and international, concerns of stewardship and conscience be central. Thanks to all who pray. Ronald and Susan Dorman, Bethel
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Catherine Ryder: Ensuring hope and health
It is vital that the Maine Legislature and Gov. Janet Mills invest in the tens of thousands of Maine workers who provide older people, people with intellectual disabilities and autism, and people with mental health and substance use challenges, with vital daily supports and services to thrive in their homes and community.
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Cal Thomas: In pursuit of wisdom
In an era of political correctness, virtue signaling and woke-ness, wisdom is in such short supply that when discovered it stands out like a beacon in a storm.
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Coral Howe: Suffering the fallout of the hot real estate market
We’re in for a long, hot summer, with a new kind of pandemic on the horizon — homelessness. The sooner we can collectively fight to house each other rather than jump on a juicy deal and cast people out into the streets, the better.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Carole Richards: Media needs to dump Trump
I write once again to say the media needs to let Trump sink into his self-made swamp along with his pardoned reptile friends. We do not need to hear news reports of his rallies or reports of his opinions about our new president. Enough of his ranting, raving and ignorance — he is no longer […]
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Something is wrong
I believe in capitalism. I believe that when you incentivize earning, you incentivize risk-taking, innovation and hard work.
But I also believe something is wrong when CEO pay rose by about 1,000% between 1978 and 2018, while worker pay edged up just 12%.