Opportunity abounds in 2022. We see a resurgence of the character, strength and essential ideals for those of us who believe in the values of America’s founders. Those seeking the destruction of our constitutional republic will howl if We the People reengage in governing our great nation at every level.
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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Clem Bechard: Power bill hike will most hurt Maine’s seniors
I think it’s funny how Central Maine Power and the Public Utilities Commission wait until the winter season to raise everyone’s rates. Our seniors will be hurt the most with this rate increase. They only got a nearly 6% increase in their Social Security, which is quickly taken away by an increase in health costs. […]
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In rebuttal: Gregory D’Augustine: Vaccinating serves America’s ‘greater good’
Rep. Randall Greenwood’s column (“COVID is serious; so am I,” Dec. 26) has left me shaking my head over the number of illogical and misguided comments made, and just as importantly, by the important comments left unsaid. While he expected some readers to “wish (him) misfortune,” I believe there are few readers who would satisfy […]
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Cal Thomas: No peace or goodwill
Peace on Earth and goodwill to men this time of year seems increasingly absent in diverse places. In America the noble objective seems to have long ago left the U.S. Capitol, where too many Members of Congress are as divided and angry at each other as ever.
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In rebuttal: Bruce Lovett: Greenwood should apologize for ‘selfish act’
I write in response to Randy Greenwood’s column (“COVID is serious; so am I,” Dec. 26). I am disappointed that Randy didn’t say how remorseful he was for ignoring medical advice until it became critical for him to have intensive medical attention. His position that getting vaccinated is a personal choice is an excuse that […]
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Joe Mailey: Bates union deserves support from community
So, Bates College non-managerial folks are trying to form a union in their workplace. Good for them. Workers from the janitorial staff to the adjunct staff with different backgrounds had decided enough was enough, and were able to find common ground in how they felt about their workplaces within the Bates College campus. Their reason […]
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Rich Lowry: There never was a Republican death cult
The omicron wave should finally put paid to the perfervid fantasy, a staple of center-left thinking, that the coronavirus is somehow primarily a red state phenomenon, fueled by Republican recklessness and heartlessness.
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Rep. Randall Greenwood: COVID is serious; so am I
Sometime in the future, we will know how it developed, what it did, and how it was ultimately defeated. Until then, we should all make the best decisions we can, and try to ensure that societal response to the coronavirus is not worse than the virus itself.