Anti-business politicians in the Maine Legislature are at it again, proposing laws to regulate faraway companies that, if applied to Maine’s own industries, would be devastating.
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 inLetters, Opinion
Rep. Tom Skolfield: Agriculture critical to Maine’s economic success
Having recently celebrated National Agriculture Week, it is important we recognize our state’s farmers, producers and foresters who are critical to the success of our state’s natural resource economy. Today, Maine’s natural resource economy encompasses every part of the state, and has an economic impact of well over $10 billion. From large operations to mom-and-pop […]
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Posted inLetters, Opinion
In rebuttal: John Meagher: CMP corridor ‘destructive’ to environment
By the time I finished reading David Griswold’s recent letter to the editor to the end (“Ads about corridor’s forest impact untrue,” April 10), I literally spit my coffee out, seeing that he is a licensed forester. He could not be more misguided in saying our western Maine forest would not be permanently impacted by […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Robert Libby: Praise for Bates Mill article
I found the article in the April 4 Sun Journal regarding the Lewiston Bates Mill No. 5 very interesting (“20 years gone, Bates Manufacturing is still weaving a legacy“). Right after graduating high school and prior to becoming an architect, I went to work in the Mill No. 5, through the help of my father, […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Cal Thomas: Lost liberties
If one can say the pandemic has had any positive side effect, it has been to help us focus on what the loss of liberties looks like. Such losses do not occur immediately but erode over time as people become increasingly comfortable with government claiming to know what is best for us.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
In rebuttal: John Nicholas: Ads correct about corridor’s forest impact
Ads about the clean energy corridor’s forest impact are correct. Since there are minimal benefits for Maine from the New England Clean Energy Connect project, supporters have resorted to incorrect, disparaging descriptions of the forest around the proposed transmission line corridor in Segment 1 from the Canadian border to the Kennebec Gorge. A recent letter […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Michael Boom: Reject efforts to restrict voting rights
Republicans realize that the only way to stay in power is to restrict the voting rights of the average American. Republicans are exceptional people unto themselves, and the sooner we can all get on board with this delusion the sooner we can all allow the Republicans to rule the roost. I apologize for my sarcasm, […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Richard Anderson: Corridor wouldn’t cross ‘untouched wilderness’
After two and a half years reviewing the Clean Energy Corridor, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection found that “the area that Segment 1 (of the corridor) would traverse is not untouched wilderness, but instead mostly consists of intensively managed commercial timberland,” (Findings of Fact and Order, page 54, May 11, 2020). My career as […]
