We have yet to see former President Trump, the apparent source of much of this disinformation, take steps to become part of the solution, rather than add to the problems in episodes like these.
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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Jim Wellehan: Campbell offers ‘a better world for Maine’
Dan Campbell has coached and helped young people all his life, at Edward Little High School, St. Dominic Academy, and the University of Maine at Farmington. Dan has also worked constantly for the homeless, where the need is enormous. He’s spent his life working for both the young and the needy. I will vote for […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
David Andrews: Support Question 3, keep Maine history alive
State referendum Question 3 reads: “Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue to restore historic buildings owned by governmental and nonprofit organizations, with funds being issued contingent on a 25% local match requirement from either private or nonprofit sources?” As a member of the board of directors of the nonprofit Poland Spring Preservation Society, I […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Clarence Page: Called upon to lie for Trump, JD Vance stumbled
For most of the night, the more polished and media savvy Sen. JD Vance seemed to be winning the debate, in my view. But when Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz challenged him to say who won the 2020 election, Vance’s discomfort with his running mate’s growing web of half-truths, fabrications and outright lies seemed to show itself.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
James Richter: Golden truly puts ‘people over politics’
I’m supporting U.S. Rep. Jared Golden for Congress. Rep. Austin Theriault promises he will put “people over politics,” but he voted against family leave, raising the minimum wage, and favored a “right to work” bill that would weaken labor unions. So what people is he talking about? He has made a big deal of $50,000 […]
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Dave Adams: Rep. Libby upholds the U.S. Constitution
Over 40 years ago, in Marine Corps boot camp, I swore an oath that doesn’t expire. To support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. I still, enthusiastically, honor that oath today. The only candidate for state representative of Auburn and Minot who deserves my vote is Laurel […]
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Froma Harrop: Warming comes for Florida’s economy
Florida is no stranger to the occasional big “blow,” but climate change may have completely rewritten the meteorological future, and it’s not sunny.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Rich Lowry: The travesty of the CBP One app
Launched in 2020, CBP One was intended as a good-government, time-saving tool to manage the legitimate flow of people and goods at the border, but it’s now been twisted to launder illegal immigrants into the country.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Austin Bay: Helene’s Appalachian hell another FEMA failure?
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s latest display of inadequate planning and operational clumsiness suggests providing robust, seamless communications systems and coordinating air operations may be the most materially productive and politically wise use of the Department of Defense in natural disaster response.