Those who think President Biden’s aggressive climate change agenda is radical should think about how very radically their world will change if the trend continues unhindered. Meeting the challenge will be the ultimate moon shot – making the defeat of COVID seem easy by comparison.
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.
Leonard Pitts Jr.: ‘Woke supremacy is as bad as white supremacy’
It would be wrong if anybody said it. But yes, it is more wrong because you [Sen. Tim Scott] said it. Your ancestry, your biography and the very color of your skin tell us that you know better. Yet you said it anyway.
Rich Lowry: Biden’s COVID relief bill is bad policy, bad faith
From where Biden sits, why not spend as much as possible under the rubric of “COVID relief”? To paraphrase Rahm Emanuel, a pandemic is a terrible thing to waste.
Cal Thomas: Buyer’s remorse for some evangelicals
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Doctors: Telemedicine can be a ‘game changer’ … if you have good internet
‘(A lack of broadband access is) a huge disadvantage to the people who really could stand most to benefit from it,’ says Maine Dr. Karen Saylor.
Bob Neal: The Countryman: After COVID, how will our lives have changed?
Can’t you just see it now? “Hey, Jude, long-time no-see. You been vaccinated? Got a paper to prove it? Oh, yeah. Hey, man, c’mere. Gimme a hug.” Or, “No passport? Sorry, dude, let’s just bump elbows.”
Suzette Moulton: Jane Pentheny for Poland selectperson
Jane Pentheny will bring a fresh perspective and a compassionate mindset to the Poland Select Board. Her love of our community and all that it has to offer is reflected in her desire to serve our town. During the many years I have known Jane, she has always been passionate about what she believes in, […]
Tom Fallon: ‘We are America again’ with Biden, Harris
With the election of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris we have returned to true American values. The choices for cabinet members regardless of sex, race, nationality or sexual orientation have returned us to the positive values that our nation must represent. President Biden’s attack on the coronavirus pandemic is in full swing […]