Somehow I don’t think, despite the entreaties of those on the right who fret about the state of our military, that Donald Trump would endorse something as politically unpopular as a return of the draft. But he’s not the most predictable of candidates.
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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Christine Duplissis: SAD 52 board needs to restore public’s trust
In the Sun Journal’s coverage of last week’s School Administrative District 52 board meeting, the reporter included a quotation from director Jaime Johnson which insinuated that the board’s deliberations on revising Policy IJJ Selection of Educational Materials has damaged the administrators’ and teachers’ trust in the board. SAD 52 definitely has a trust issue, but […]
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In rebuttal: Larry Gilbert Sr.: Defining genocide in light of Netanyahu’s actions
Joel Olstein’s June 12 letter states that I claimed Israel is committing genocide. He wrote it is “at best inaccurate and at worst a lie.” With Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu stating his intent to flatten Gaza where Palestinians were living in the open-air prison, he is well on his goal to accomplishing it. Some 38,000 […]
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Froma Harrop: Anti-imperialists ignore Russia using Africans as cannon fodder
One must ask why the anti-Israel left, so sensitive to racist practices less obvious than this one, aren’t setting up tents and recharging their bullhorns to protest Russia’s war crimes. They just look the other way.
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Rich Lowry: A Charlottesville every day
The antisemitic rhetoric and menacing nature of that event — in a different, left-wing form — are being replicated all over the country in openly hateful pro-Hamas protests.
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Norway Savings names new vice president of human resources
NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank has named Amy Fox its new vice president of human resources. Fox has over 20 years of experience in the financial sector, including time in retail, deposit operations, lending and branch management. A native and resident of Mechanic Falls, Fox is a licensed HR professional and recently completed her bachelor’s […]
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William LaRochelle: On Trump and his evangelical supporters
When Donald Trump was asked in a recent interview about his relationship with God and prayer life, he replied with evasion — gushing about how he loves evangelicals, how so many supporters pray for him, how religion is so great and how being good is necessary to attain heaven. First off, I don’t believe he […]
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Marc Jalbert: Trump’s ‘didn’t do anything wrong’ ship has sailed
Donald Trump has now lost three of the cases recently brought against him, and although I cannot predict the future, there’s every reason to believe that guilty verdicts are in his future. I would submit that the moral thing the Republican Party should do, given the handwriting on the wall, is to do the right […]