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: A new Trump presidency inaugurates an old con
Right before his inauguration, Donald Trump issued a $TRUMP meme coin featuring a defiant him pumping his fist after an assassination attempt. Shortly after their release, the market capitalization for $TRUMP coins passed $5 billion.
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Cal Thomas: The second time around
In his second inaugural address, the old/new President Trump decided to mostly turn from the dark side, displayed and disliked by many in his first address, to a more optimistic (for him) view of America’s future.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Crystal Ward: Repeal of two Social Security provisions will have ‘profound impact’
Almost 25 years ago I stood in front of my colleagues at the National Education Association Representative Assembly to fund efforts to repeal two unfair Social Security provisions — the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision, called the Social Security Offset. Over 10,000 NEA members from all 50 states voted to support this initiative, […]
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Patricia Fogg: Today’s America revisits the Gilded Age
The Gilded Age was time and climate remarkably similar to today, in which “robber barons,” the giants of industry, hoarded the wealth of this nation and exploited working people for greater profit while the people’s standard of living declined. People suffering from the effects of depression, inflation, poverty, hunger and homelessness were ignored. Do people […]
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Jonathan Carter: Build resistance to Trump’s ‘cut baby cut’ forest policy
There should be an absolute ban on cutting old growth and mature forest on all public lands, effective immediately. All forestry operations should be based on maximizing carbon intake.
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Tom Putnam: John F. Kennedy’s call to service and conciliation
JFK’s speech turns 64 years old on Monday. Yet despite its age, and the radically different times in which we live, it reads with youthful vitality.
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Austin Bay: California burning: Accident, terror or sabotage?
The appalling Los Angeles fires illustrate a climate, terrain, vegetation and governmental vulnerability a clever enemy could exploit, especially enemies like Russia and China who practice hybrid warfare.