In his column “The Trump trial is bad drama,” Cal Thomas claims former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial occurred because of Trump’s fervency to drain the swamp. Oh, what hyperbole and hokum. Criminaldefenselawyer.com notes that certain speech or acts receive little or no First Amendment protections: obscenity, child pornography, threats of violence, and speech that […]
Alex Lear
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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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Rodney Kuhl: Republican Party ‘dead to me’
What is going on in this country? I heard on the news Feb. 15 that at least two congresspeople are being censured by their home GOP for voting for Mr. Trump’s conviction. That is outrageous. Again, it shows the leadership of the party putting the party over the country. A congressperson should have the right […]
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: For African Americans, faith not confined to hope of heaven
For 400 years, the church has been where we took our hurt. And found our hope.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Christine Gianopoulos: Some commissioners ‘not up to the task’
Androscoggin County Commissioner Noel Madore was right in his Feb. 12 guest column in saying that “the caliber of people we elect to all offices is important.” The residents of Androscoggin County have three commissioners who clearly are not up to the task. They are wasting taxpayer money grandstanding, when they should be focused on […]
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New ‘Food, Fuel, and Fiber Fund’ is helping residents in need
JAY — In an effort to help residents in need, St. Rose of Lima Parish has launched a “Food, Fuel, and Fiber Fund” to provide heating fuel and other necessities for residents of Livermore and Livermore Falls. “The fund takes the torch from the recently closed Good Neighbor Fuel Fund (GNFF), a former ministry of […]
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Cal Thomas: Andrew Cuomo’s deadly lie
Cuomo received an Emmy for what they called his “masterful” COVID-19 press briefings. The media lauded those performances, extolling his honesty and transparency. It now turns out he was as honest as many other politicians and as transparent as a brick.
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Jerry Hume: Impeachment over, but ‘hypocrisy will last forever’
Oh, the high drama that came from the prosecution in the Trump impeachment hearings. The case is over, but the hypocrisy will last forever. The prosecutors maintained that our democracy was at risk unless Trump was impeached. I sooner fear the billionaire backers of the mainstream news rather than another Trump. Huge lawsuits filed against […]
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Veteran of month served in Vietnam, earned Purple Heart
SOUTH PARIS — Peter Rowell was named Veteran of the Month for January at the Maine Veterans’ Homes — South Paris. Rowell was fresh out of Traip Academy in Kittery when he enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1959. The New Hampshire native barely had time to change his cap and gown before he signed […]
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George Howitt: Some facts left out of Trump trial record
Here are some facts that never got entered into the record at Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. 1. Mitch McConnell, Charles Grassley and Lindsey Graham voted to convict Bill Clinton for lying to a federal grand jury about having sex in the White House with a woman other than his wife. They voted to acquit Donald […]