I recently read Austin Bay’s opinion piece on President Trump’s plan for Palestine (“New Gaza as condos, not shell holes,” Feb. 7), at first with anger that he would write so satirically about an enduring and painful struggle, and then with horror when I realized he was seriously endorsing the plan. To collude with a […]
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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Bob Healy: ‘I am really frightened by what is happening to my country’
I am really frightened by what is happening to my country. There has been for some time a lot of talk of how Democrats and liberals “hate America.” But as I see unelected rich boys and their thugs disrupting our institutions while disregarding the law, I wonder who is it that hates America? Bob Healy, […]
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John Neal: Maine schools need to improve arts education
I found ironic the juxtaposition of the Feb. 9 article about Edward Little’s outstanding arts educator Matthew Peinado, and that about parental and fan violence at local school sporting events. Since the 1980s, when “No Child Left Behind” began mandating standardized testing in math, science and language arts, schools have been reducing and eliminating arts […]
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Froma Harrop: Three ways for Democrats to respond
Democrats, don’t get waylaid by the right-wing loons, flapping their beaks and laughing maniacally. You do have new faces with smart politics, and several are young besides. Hand over the reins.
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Anne Williams: Trump is ignoring ordinary Americans
In his 2024 campaign Donald Trump promised to reduce grocery prices and make the economy work better for American workers. Unfortunately, in his first three weeks his actions have been undermining these goals. He is threatening 25% tariffs against our longtime friends, Canada and Mexico. American importers will pay tariffs initially. Then they will pass […]
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Ben Lounsbury: History remaking itself (written 2-6-25)
Everyone asks himself how the German people could have let themselves get into the trouble they got into leading up to World War II. The answer is complicated, but it happened quickly, in just a few months. The same thing is happening to the populace of this country now. We are in the midst of […]
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Rich Lowry: The rise of Musk Derangement Syndrome
After a devastating election loss and three weeks into a whirlwind Trump administration, what most animates a leaderless Democratic Party is their collective shock and horror occasioned by Elon Musk and his handiwork.
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Cal Thomas: The changing media landscape
It may be too late for legacy media to redeem itself, given the leftist bent of many within that cocoon. If they go the way of previous outmoded and irrelevant things, they will have only themselves to blame.