Universal school choice is an untested idea that will further divide American students. It is an attempt to throw out public schooling as we know it, without long-term evidence of higher student achievement.
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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Rich Lowry: When Joe Biden kneecapped his presidency
He insisted on the withdrawal despite ample warnings from all sides, with the bull-headed stubbornness of someone who is often wrong but never in doubt. To paraphrase Lincoln, Biden was the author and the finisher of the debacle in Afghanistan.
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Froma Harrop: Nurse Harris ratcheted it up on Trump
Donald Trump has administered a kind of political shock therapy to the part of the voting public that hasn’t been watching closely. Lest he regain possession of the nuclear codes, intervention is called for, preferably at the polls.
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Austin Bay: Will the next president defeat Communist China’s slow war of attrition against the world?
China seeks to disintegrate all of its adversaries, from immediate neighbors to potential economic competitors. The U.S., however, is target No. 1.
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Audrey Murphy: Rep. Libby will ‘fight for us’
Auburn residents by now have received their tax bill. Did they go into sticker shock? How many of them thought they still had a senior property tax freeze? Guess again. The senior tax freeze lasted one year, and then Democrats in Augusta voted to take their tax break away. The Democrats also voted to take […]
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Roger Wells: House candidate Gauvin a hardworking person of integrity
I worked with House District 75 candidate Randy Gauvin at Franklin Memorial Hospital for over 30 years. I found Randy to be a very hardworking person in a very difficult work environment. Randy always maintained a calmness about him even when the atmosphere of the department was intense. Randy treated everyone he came into contact […]
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Dave Griffiths: This and That: Three deaths and a celebration
In our little town of Mechanic Falls, I’ve recently been to three funeral home viewings and a retirement party for longtime Public Works Director Scott Penney. Each one brought us together in a way I never witnessed while living in the suburbs and larger cities.
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Silver Moore-Leamon: Campbell offers solutions for today’s problems
Laurel Libby recently sent a long letter to her constituents, one full of her admirable relationship with her grandmother and many careful descriptions of the weaknesses and inequities of the present health care “system” in our country. I felt she was writing about situations I, too, have either experienced or heard about from friends and […]