Under Pine Tree Power, not only would the state have to borrow more than $10 billion to buy out the two biggest utility companies in Maine, but we’d also be likely to see our electric rates go up for the first 10 years. That’s from a study by the Maine Public Utilities Commission. How in […]
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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Joe Voisine: Honest politicians want to make a better America
Raising taxes on billionaires and hiking the tax rate on Americans making more than $400,000 a year may help, in my opinion, but it is surely not the solution. Inflation is at an all-time high, and President Biden is bragging on a better economy, which is what worries me. I wonder why America would give […]
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In rebuttal: Scott Roberts: Cal Thomas cooks up tripe, not opinion
After reading Cal Thomas’ piece in the Sept. 6 Sun Journal (“More climate fiction“) I am hoping that the paper’s management will create a proper cooking section going forward where his work could be found. His writing, after all, is not really opinion — it’s tripe. Scott Roberts, Livermore Falls
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Rich Lowry: No, we aren’t Rome
By all means, study the history of Rome for its own sake and for the insights it affords into human nature and the roots of the Western world. But the moral of the story needn’t be about 21st-century America.
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Clarence Page: ‘Can you hear gunshots?’ Student texts reveal horrors from inside an active shooter lockdown
Unfortunately, anyone who has been paying attention knows where Congress is likely to go as long as the politics of gun safety continue to be locked in partisan gridlock for as far as my mortal eyes can see.
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In rebuttal: Richard Whiting: ‘Protect Lake Auburn’ campaign reflects well-founded concerns
Contrary to Brad Kowalski’s dizzyingly cynical assertion, the hundreds of Protect Lake Auburn signs that went up around the Twin Cities mean precisely what they say (“Don’t be duped by Auburn political signs,” Aug. 31). Concerns about the water supply for about 40,000 people are well-founded, and not delusions of “old wealthy elites.” As far […]
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Jimi Cutting: Vote for those working for people, not personal profit
Another election cycle is upon us; who am I going to vote for? Does it even really matter? Should I even bother at all? It’s not like they listen. Some tough things to ponder while we sit at the table, sipping our coffee and trying to figure out how we are going to make X […]
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Carole Richards: People need peace from politics
My mute button is getting a workout already. It’s 12 months too early to start with this noise. Can’t we have any peace from politics? It starts immediately after an election on and on and on. Campaigning could be limited to a few televised debates. I can judge the candidates by the way they conduct […]