Today is the 731st, or middle, day of Biden’s 1,431-day term, an apt day for assessment. The word that comes to mind is mixed.
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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Rich Lowry: No, you can’t believe ‘the science’
This faux science is not dispassionate but fired by a great moral certainty. It is not open to counter arguments and different interpretations but insists on only one answer to complicated or ambiguous questions. It is not rigorously neutral but aims to achieve cherished political goals.
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Froma Harrop: Egg prices are already cracking
Now, news on the tab for common consumer staples like eggs, gasoline and Thanksgiving turkeys draws attention and allows the creation of easy-to-make visuals. But so many of the headlines on the cost of eggs bang on the percentage rise in price while not mentioning the actual price.
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Rich Lowry: How Chip Roy won the speaker fight
Rep. Chip Roy’s profile and influence grew during the standoff, and he’ll play a key role in the contentions to come.
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In rebuttal: Rudolph Ziehm: A response to two Richards
To rebut Richard Bernard (“Today’s politicians should learn from those of yesterday,” Jan. 14), about the fall of the Roman Empire, it was inevitable that the kind of rule it used was too brutal to survive. Rome’s borders were controlled by mercenaries as well as Romans, and it suffered from incompetent rulers (as in, insane). […]
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Joanna Said: Maine needs energy corridor ‘now more than ever’
As Mainers debated the pros and cons of the New England Clean Energy Connect last year, it was telling that opponents of the corridor refused to reveal themselves until they were forced to by law. The truth finally came out that virtually all of the opposition to the project was funded by fossil fuel companies, […]
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Rev. Don Mayberry: Oxford Hills needs words that heal, not black eye
Like so many of our good neighbors I have a deep love for the Oxford Hills. I have worked alongside many of these neighbors on volunteer boards, attending church, watching our kids and grandchildren play sports. One can feel the community pride and spirit. It has been with great sadness and a certain amount of […]
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Joanne Lebel: Preserve Franco Center’s name, honor its heritage
With all due respect to the board of directors who, in good faith, have decided to rebrand the name of the Gendron Franco Center because of the inconvenience of fielding calls from people looking for the Franco-American Collection at L-A College and because the board wanted to portray the Center as more inclusive — I […]