In the film “The Verdict” there’s a touching summation given to a jury by Paul Newman, in defense of a comatose woman who’s been left that way through a hospital’s malpractice. For me, it’s the most remarkable speech in film history — and in a real way that hospitalized person can be viewed as 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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Rich Lowry: It’s wrong to censor RFK Jr.
ABC, as a matter of “editorial judgment,” had left out portions of the interview where Robert Kennedy Jr. had expanded on his anti-vaccine views (which were briefly discussed).
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Brian Pulling: War between Russia and Ukraine endangers entire planet
We are living in a very dangerous time. The war in Ukraine was started in 2014 when the U.S. played a major role in overthrowing the democratically-elected president of Ukraine. U.S. military advisors and Central Intelligence Agency personnel were placed in Ukraine. The U.S. helped place a massive amount of troops and military equipment along […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Jeff Ham: Auburn leaders should step back, listen to residents
Without getting into the intricacies of infrastructure, I wonder why we haven’t heard of the increased cost of running the city of Auburn with all the new development. Just think about the added teachers, more firemen, police, highway department, road repair and school bus drivers, and it just keeps going. This does not even take […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Rich Lowry: An inconvenient test
You can have the twisted notion of equity that now prevails throughout our elite culture, or you can have a test that demonstrates academic talent regardless of race, but you can’t have both.
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Austin Bay: Why Turkey’s May 14 election really matters
The election, which pits the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan against the much more moderate Kemal Kilicdaroglu, also affects NATO solidarity, political stability in Eastern Europe and the West’s ability to counter Iran, Russia and China in the Middle East.
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Jane Costlow: Residential development in Auburn’s AGRP zone will increase everyone’s property taxes
As land values rise — as surely they will, once residential development is allowed in the zone — farmers and woodlot owners who have called Auburn’s rural neighborhoods home may well find themselves priced off of their land.
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Shanna Cox and Chantel Pettengill: Maine should take the lead with a policy we know works wonders for families, businesses
LD 1544 would take a step toward reducing child poverty in Androscoggin County and Maine, boost the local and state economy, and set families and kids in Lewiston-Auburn up to thrive in the short and long-term. It’s a smart investment with significant rewards for our state’s families and economy.