Nowadays the trollers tend to be right-wingers playing power games and getting a charge out of their intimidation tactics. But crusades to police media consumption are also being waged by elements on the left. Several colleges now let students anonymously report someone they feel — or say they feel — shows discrimination or bias.
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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Michael Boom: ‘Violence that leads to evil will be our own epitaph’
Desperation causes desperate people to do desperate things. There are millions of desperate people worldwide who are looking for a new place to call home. Never mind the desperate people within our own borders who do desperate things just to survive. Hopelessness that leads to recklessness that leads to cessation of effort is a cancer […]
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In rebuttal: Mark Wood: ‘Social fabric’ must be preserved
I heard recently a quotation by Francis Schaeffer, Christian theologian and apologist, who said, “Christian orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.” So, after contemplating Dr. William Phillips’ letter (“U.S. ‘can do better’ than supremacists, extremists,” Feb. 23) where he imagined a better world without “right-wing evangelical extremists” whose “warped interpretation […]
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Kim Bosse: Maine abortion law doesn’t need expanding
I’m confused. I don’t understand why the current abortion law in Maine is not sufficient, but needs to be expanded to allow abortion to occur at anytime during pregnancy, with a doctor’s approval, up to and including birth. Abortion in Maine is currently available on demand anytime without a medical reason until a baby reaches […]
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Matthew Martin: Democrat leaders’ definitions don’t match reality
“I’m proud to stand with my colleagues in support of a slate of legislation to strengthen reproductive health care laws and defend Mainers’ rights,” said Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook), president of the Maine State Senate. It sounds noble, supporting health care and defending rights. Who wouldn’t be for that? Heck, I’m for that. But people shouldn’t […]
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Dianne Morton: Retain youth basketball’s joy, remove the ugly
Our family has almost completed our annual series of trips to the Cumberland County Civic Center to watch wonderful Maine high school athletes compete. Now we look forward to seeing the Class A Girls championship this weekend. Always a perfect place to watch games, this year was no exception … but … I shall now […]
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Tom Fallon: MLK was one of 20th century’s greatest people
On Feb. 24 I viewed a film on TV, “King in the Wilderness,” which presented the values, character and the activities of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. May I say that I personally consider, and I realize that I am a white American stating this, that I have always viewed the Rev. King as […]
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Roland Martin: Court should use common sense in student loan case
Where does it end? As I write this on Feb. 28, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments pertaining to President Biden’s college loan forgiveness program. In what world is it logical or reasonable that a sitting president has the right to forgive individual debt, then have the rest of the citizens pay it back […]