The deep logic behind President Trump’s strategic minerals deal is based on historical common sense that even a megalomaniac like Russian dictator Vladimir Putin should grasp: Peace empowers genuine economic viability and sustainability.
Alex Lear
A Maine native and Colby College graduate, Alex has been covering coastal communities since 2001. He lives in the Portland area with his wife Lauren, 4-year-old daughter Alaina, and 7-year-old bulldog Walter. He has released four CDs of original music and does occasional research work for Marvel Comics' collected editions.
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Posted inLetters, Opinion
Edward Walworth: Musk’s cuts are not the work of a scalpel
Elon Musk had a lot of fun in the Oval Office recently, brandishing a chainsaw, symbolizing his approach to slashing government waste, fraud and abuse. A few days later he changed his tune, saying that the Department of Government Efficiency was instead applying a scalpel to governmental agencies. As a retired surgeon, I would like […]
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Bob Riley: Our childish president needs to grow up
As a retired middle school administrator and a veteran of more than 30 years, working with adolescents, I watched the Feb. 21 interaction between our president of the United States and our governor, Janet Mills, with a mix of nostalgia and shock. Nostalgia because I truly enjoyed working with these young adolescents as they struggled […]
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Ann Morrill: Gov. Mills’ response to President Trump was just fine
In the March 9 Maine Sunday Telegram, Charles Todorich gave us an adequate summation of Joshua Chamberlain’s feats on Little Round Top. But in his efforts to equate and distinguish choices made by Chamberlain and Gov. Janet Mills, regarding which “hill to die on,” he stretches his metaphor to the point of incomprehensibility. Janet Mills […]
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Daniel Bryant: Publicly financed universal health care for Maine
Under the Feb. 25 opinion page headline “Maine needs to find a way to preserve health care,” Mary Capobianco listed problems she has experienced personally or identified in Maine’s health care system, including shortage of equipment and technicians, scheduling and reporting delays, hospital and birthing center closures, shrinking numbers of OB/GYN doctors, threatened reductions in […]
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Brendan Prast: Expand Maine’s tobacco prevention and cessation efforts
As a primary care doctor, I see just how devastating tobacco use and nicotine addiction are for my patients. In fact, tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in Maine. It claims more than 2,400 lives every year. But one program is working to reduce that number. Maine’s tobacco prevention and cessation programs, […]
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Alice McPeake: Rep. Libby crossed the line
Let’s be honest and acknowledge that the censure of Rep. Laurel Libby by the Legislature, and the negative response from many citizens, has nothing to do with limiting her freedom of speech. No matter how much I disagree with most of her views, I would defend her right to present them. It also has very […]
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Raymond Potter: Lack of response to Trump administration’s chaos is disturbing
No doubt there are many voters reveling in the chaos inflicted by the current presidential administration. It saddens me that so many are unwilling or intellectually incapable of thinking ahead to consequences or, worse, they are content with them. But even more disturbing to me is the lack of response. If any previous administration, of […]
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Shelley Rau: Kudos to SJ for Maine Music Society concert photo display
The pictures of the Maine Music Society (MMS) concert in the March 10 paper were a wonderful recognition of our concerts this past weekend. I would like your readers to know that, in addition to the piece pictured, the concert included a piece dedicated to the victims of the shooting on Oct. 25, 2023. “These […]