No, they get only chyrons and newsprint, to go with smarmy platitudes of inaction, specious pieties worn smooth by repetition.
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: Stop the steal, for real this time
After rightly excoriating their Republican colleagues for challenging on Jan. 6 presidential results certified by the states, House Democrats immediately turned to doing, in effect, the exact same thing in an Iowa congressional district their candidate lost by six votes.
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Conor Norris and Edward Timmons: Universal license recognition would make it easier to move to Maine
Universal recognition laws treat professional licenses like a driver’s license. We don’t make people moving between states sit for a permit exam and pass a driving course; rather we trust other states’ ability to screen out poor drivers. We should trust them the same way for occupational licensing.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Joan Grant: Palestinians’ situation ‘dire’ under Israeli occupation
I was glad to see Robert Schaible’s column (“Sen. King complicit in Israel’s Big Lie,” March 21) that sheds light on the Palestinians’ dire situation under Israeli occupation, which continues with the support of the U.S. government and U.S. taxpayer dollars. I’m also pleased that Sen. King responded, but I’m dismayed that while he’s waiting […]
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Crystal Ward: Praise for American Rescue Plan
Beware the “Republican Negative Propaganda” machine, which is spinning lies, diversions, division, deception, conspiracies and hate about the newly-passed American Rescue Plan. This bill provides additional relief to address the continued impact of COVID-19 on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, businesses and COVID-19 distribution and vaccinations. This plan was designed to […]
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Kevin Landry: Concerns about Equality Act’s impact
I applaud Sen. Susan Collins’ recent decision to withdraw her co-sponsorship of the Equality Act. This bill will only give special rights to transgenders, which is ironic because the Constitution already provides protection for the rights of all Americans, regardless of their “identity group.” The biological definition of one’s sex would be replaced by one’s […]
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Matthew Roy: NECEC ‘critical’ for economy, infrastructure
The New England Clean Energy Connect is critical to Lewiston and Maine, and our future. One thing that can’t be denied is that Lewiston benefits from the NECEC. For the power to get to the rest of New England, it must come through Lewiston first. That will require a $200 million substation upgrade that will […]
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Bob Neal: The Countryman: The most important minority in America
Time was, and not so long ago, that “political moderate” and “white middle class” were almost interchangeable. That may no longer be true as more and more whites push to the fringes of left and right.
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Andrew Tasker: GOP on ‘wrong side of history’
Everything the GOP stands for is rooted in religiously-based prejudice of some sort. Its members learned that basing their arguments on a Christian doctrine is a winning strategy, because Americans have been schooled in conservative logic that teaches the Bible supports the Right Wing. Whether they are denying the rights of women, the poor and […]