I am a Democrat, a citizen of the United States, and I believe in democracy and freedom for all. As a longstanding member of Resist Central Maine — and we are all gray-haired retired folks — we meet once a week with our signs supporting Harris/Walz. Every week people with Trump signs on their cars […]
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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Froma Harrop: Liz Cheney walks the walk for democracy
Liz Cheney is right. Conservatives must help flatten the insanity that MAGA has imposed on the nation. They can then start again with a new party. Maybe I’ll join.
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Rich Lowry: Israel’s righteous war on Hezbollah
The assumption is that Israel’s role is to duck and cover and take whatever punishment its remorseless enemies dole out, lest things “escalate.”
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Austin Bay: Discrete mass offensive warfare: Israel’s Grim Beeper attack
The Grim Beeper attack was very discrete — the intimate targeting of terrorist commanders and tactical leaders. But it was also a near-simultaneous mass attack striking targets over a wide area in Lebanon and Syria.
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Cal Thomas: Virtue vs. utility
John Adams remarked that “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.” What happens when a majority appear no longer moral and religious? We get these two presidential candidates.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Maura Murphy: ‘A vote for Clement is a vote to restore Lewiston’
Those who live in or drive through central Lewiston can no longer deny its spreading dystopian demise. Much of what we are experiencing has come directly from those who purport to be representing us in Augusta. While they have consistently voted as a bloc in favor of legislation that eases the way for increased crime, […]
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Sarah Gillespie: Lewiston needs McCabe, ‘a relationship builder’
I am writing to endorse Julie McCabe as she runs to represent Lewiston in the state House District 93. It takes a certain kind of leader and person to step up during difficult times in our community and raise their hand and want to serve in a greater capacity. Julie is one of those people. […]
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Leslie Hill: Maine’s future needs Rep. Cloutier
Kristen Cloutier deserves reelection to Maine’s House of Representatives. Through her work with the governor’s office on the Maine Mass Violence Care Fund, she instituted the state’s commitment to support the long-term health, well-being, and resilience of Mainers whose lives have been shattered by mass gun violence. Kristen is recognized for her long-standing community commitments […]
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Joel Olstein: Granlund’s Israel/Hamas cartoon was offensive
Dave Granlund’s cartoon in the Sept. 25 Sun Journal suggests that while Israel is at war with Hamas, it inadvertently is shooting itself in the foot. Hamas’s attack on Israel last year is depicted as a mere snakebite. In fact, Hamas butchered and beheaded civilians, gang-raped men and women, slashed women’s breasts, placed babies in […]