That loud clucking sound we are hearing from “sanctuary cities” and other cities run by Democrats is the consequence of lax immigration policies coming home to roost.
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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Froma Harrop: Why do we obsess over transgender issues?
The fascination is fueled both by hyperactive LGBTQ advocacy and social conservatives using the “issue” to perhaps avoid tackling matters the broader public really cares about.
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Clarence Page: My surprisingly fond farewell to Jerry Springer
Despite hosting the reputedly “worst show in TV history,” Springer’s candor offered an admirable model for other politicians to remember — and follow.
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Thomas Shields: Maine doesn’t need LD 1619
LD 1619, An Act to Improve Maine’s Reproductive Privacy Laws, was heard May 1 by the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee. The bill is centered on abortions, and calls for a factual report to the Department of Health and Human Services on each abortion. The patient is to remain anonymous. What will be omitted from the report […]
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Clarence Page: Who is to be held accountable for Emmett Till’s death, now that the witnesses are gone?
The last survivor of the historical horror widely known as “the lynching of Emmett Till” has died, leaving behind an infuriating amount of unanswered questions.
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Phyllis Caron: ‘No reason is good enough to kill’
Guns are a big problem. I heard the news where they said a man killed five people next door to him because they wanted him to stop shooting outside of his house — and that’s the reason he killed five people. There was also a man who killed someone and then went to an overpass […]
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Michael Boom: A.I. is a bad joke played out too long
Artificial intelligence will never ever know what lies beyond the hereafter. Man-made creations can never ever replace our own father, creator, God. I don’t care how smart some people feel they are, but they are blasphemous if they think they are smarter than God himself. We need to put a serious bridle on those who […]
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Bob Neal: The Countryman: The new pandemic may be loneliness
On Tuesday, the surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, put forth proposals for decreasing loneliness. And on Wednesday, I stumbled onto this surprise: Maine ranks No. 1 in loneliness, as judged by divorce rates, searches on dating apps and the number of people living alone.
