God — whoops, the “king” — has spoken. Anyone who doesn’t know who he is has obviously either been out of the world or is both blind and deaf. Yes, the king is our one-term 45th president, who intends to run again in 2024. My first thought was, where do I run to, and my […]
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 inOp-Eds, Opinion
Bob Neal: The Countryman: What do we do about after high school?
One thing seems certain. The post-secondary years will be different, whether grads are going straight to work or to career training or higher education. This may be an opportunity for Maine to grab the initiative and start designing the post-secondary world of tomorrow.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Froma Harrop: Politics and the Michigan mass shooting
Although mass killings have become commonplace — the one at Michigan State University was the 67th this year, and we’re only in February — something feels different this time.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Clarence Page: What doesn’t MAGA know about the ‘Black national anthem’? A lot
I have always sung it and heard it the way my schoolteacher grandmother taught it, not just as a vehicle for us to sing the blues about our suffering and victimization as a people, but as a rallying cry to our resilience and determination.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Rich Lowry: Biden vs. the UFOs
As far as know, we have nothing to fear from little green men. It’s the hostile civilization on the other side of the planet that we have to worry about, and balloons are the least of it.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
In rebuttal: Rudolph Ziehm: In search of ‘any middle left’ in American politics
I wonder if there is any middle left in American politics. The Sun Journal on Feb. 10 had three letters. In the first (“Capitalism won’t fix world’s greatest problems“), William Whitney says capitalism can’t be successful in today’s world. Wrong. With all its warts, it is the only system that does work (see pure socialism’s […]
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Diana O’Brien: Maine lawmakers should oppose late-term abortions
Abortion was made legal in 1973 through Roe v. Wade so that women could be safe. In 2020, in Maine, 2,370 babies lost their lives through abortion. There is now a bill legislators are trying to pass, to make it OK to abort a full-term child, with the approval of a qualified medical professional. This […]