In news reports from around the country, U.S. Rep. Jared Golden has been quoted as saying his office has been inundated by calls in recent days about Elon Musk, not President Trump: “My constituents, and a majority of this country, put Trump in the White House, not this unelected, weirdo billionaire.” Golden, like his mentor […]
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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Jane Costlow: Trump tramples on liberties protected at Iwo Jima
In Feb. 19’s Sun Journal the cartoon by Dave Grunlund is of the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima. It’s an image that has become synonymous with the extraordinary sacrifice and determination of American servicemen in World War II, a war we fought with allies to defeat the murderous, imperial ambitions of both Germany […]
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Tina Riley: Mainers deserve bipartisan efficiency
When the Appropriations Committee voted unanimously for the supplemental budget, the Maine Legislature looked like a rare beacon of bipartisan efficiency. Then the guy who didn’t bother to show up for the work session blew it up. Maine’s over-stressed medical system and thousands living in poverty are holding their breath as the Legislature once again […]
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Rich Lowry: The art of the manufactured crisis
There is no doubt that the administration is determined to exercise the maximum possible power over the federal bureaucracy, and it may, if it hasn’t already, overstep its bounds. Everything is being litigated as we speak, and the administration will surely win some and lose some.
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Deborah Mason: Newspapers should be reintegrated into schools
I am a retired high school teacher. I have been a middle school guest teacher since 2020. Over the course of my classroom teaching, the daily newspaper has been a constant in my classroom. I grew up with the newspaper at home and the Weekly Reader in school, and I have subscribed to a seven-day […]
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Lew Alessio: The politics of funding AIDS
Ceasing funding for global AIDS prevention, education and treatment, as is being proposed, is not merely inhumane. It is immensely ignorant of the most basic understanding of the disease and its risks to all humanity that continue to this day.
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Virginia Starbird: Trump, Musk are destroying American democracy
What President Trump and Elon Musk are doing to our democracy is a perfect example of what took place in Germany. Where are the Republicans who are allowing this to happen? It is their democracy as well as ours; it is their children and grandchildren as well as ours. They are systematically destroying every aspect […]
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Justin Jackson: Rep. Libby abused her office in sharing student’s photo
I live all the way across the country in Astoria, Oregon. I’m writing because someone shared a post from Rep. Laurel Libby, who had shared a recent photo of a high school student on Facebook. This student is trans. Libby identified a high school student and exposed them to hate online. I came across it […]
