News of Donald Sutherland’s death at age 88 took me back to a day in 1971 when he was protesting the Vietnam War onstage with Jane Fonda, and I was one of about 1,000 off-duty soldiers in their audience.
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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Austin Bay: No debate: Biden’s damaged US security, international, domestic and economic
It will take years to fix the harm of Bidenomics — and the economic wreckage makes addressing the international (e.g., military) and domestic (e.g., police) security issues more difficult.
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Cal Thomas: Supremes to rule on transgender law
The Supreme Court should affirm state laws banning the procedure for minor children, and parents should seek help for any child experiencing gender identity issues.
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Froma Harrop: The Squad could use some quality control
A member of the left-fringe Squad, Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s primary defeat removes at least one irritant to the Democrats’ quest to take control of the House.
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Tim McCloskey: ‘Libby is sowing distrust in our system’
Those who visited their local polling place to vote in the recent primary may have seen activists seeking signatures for a petition issue that has been defeated several times in the Legislature. The voter ID petition is being pushed by Rep. Laurel Libby through her political action committee. She wants to require people to present […]
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Jason Lowit: Vote no on Lewiston’s proposed school budget
Lewiston city officials need to learn to live within their means. Until something is done to expand the tax base by attracting business and working people to this deteriorating city, the school and municipal budgets simply need to be less. It is unfair to expect the current residents to finance a tax increase approaching 10% […]
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Aimee Ranger: Lewiston school budget deserves approval
I ask fellow Lewiston community members to consider voting “yes” on the school budget Tuesday, July 9. If they have been voting no on the budget, I understand the impulse to cut costs — I do it all the time as a mom navigating the impossible cost of living. The cheapest pound of butter at […]
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Clarence Page: Pope Francis believes the world needs to laugh more. He’s right
As an experienced class clown who long has felt the power of comedy to be vastly underappreciated, I was more than tickled to hear that Pope Francis had invited more than 100 comedians to an audience at the Vatican.
