There’s no making moral sense of the political zombies who take orders from the National Rifle Association.
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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Posted inLetters, Opinion
Roger Belanger: Some Vietnam Navy vets must now fight for medical coverage
Today, I watched coverage of the Vietnam veterans and the thanks they received for their sacrifice. After serving in Vietnam, in the Navy, I and many others developed multiple diseases on the presumptive list for Agent Orange. All veterans that served in Vietnam received notice of presumptive exposure for diseases from Agent Orange. Congress and […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Paul Baribault: Shootings reflect various forms of child abuse
There is a form of child abuse that goes unrecognized in our society today — it’s too subtle to be called that, but it’s there. It’s the abuse of children coming from all who claim the right to possess any and all weapons they wish to have, even if these can become the instruments of […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Froma Harrop: Gen Z gets ready to don the gray flannel suit
Work schedules may be more hybrid than in the past, but all indicators point to more time in an old-fashioned office. Younger workers looking for a social life may like it.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Cal Thomas: In defense of Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu has been a force for good for Israel and the Jewish people. The same can’t be said for his political enemies.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Bob Neal: The Countryman: Public schools in the hot seat
As we emerge from the pandemic, schools are under scrutiny on several fronts, some coming from the pandemic but others already hot long before COVID-19 changed almost everything.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Alicia Clark: Maine: A safe refuge for the unborn?
As a resident of Maine I am writing concerning a proposed bill to expand abortion to full-term in the state. The overturning of Roe vs. Wade by the Supreme Court shifted the protection of Maine’s most vulnerable residents, the unborn, to state lawmakers across the nation. The current Maine law is quite broad already and […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Winston Antoine: Back LD 928, protect food sources for future generations
I am writing as a concerned citizen to urge legislators to vote “ought to pass” on LD 928, the Pine Tree Amendment.I am a hunter, fisherman, gardener and forager. The majority of my diet comes from food that I have either hunted, fished, foraged or grown myself. Constitutionally enshrining my and all Mainers’ rights to […]