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.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Rich Lowry: Vladimir Putin shouldn’t be a right-wing hero
It’s possible for a political leader to be a robust nationalist and social conservative without jailing the political opposition, assassinating critics, invading and dismembering neighboring countries, enriching a kleptocracy, and installing a de facto dictator for life.
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Posted inLetters, Opinion
Lynn Ouellette: Kudos to Maine officials for work during pandemic
I want to express thanks to Dr. Nirav Shah, Gov. Janet Mills, and Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew.You can’t please all of the people all of the time. You can, however, make decisions and take actions in the best interest of people in general — actions that have positive results. Dr. […]
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Peter Geiger: Rotundo ‘a consensus builder of the best kind’
I am so pleased to learn that Peggy Rotundo will run for the Maine Senate. Every elected official does what is right for her or his district. Where Peggy shines is her ability to not only help her district but to think in terms of what is best for all Mainers. She is a consensus […]
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Bob Neal: The Countryman: Location, location, location
At this stage of the pandemic, lots of us are thinking wishfully. And lots of us are acting on that thinking by moving out of COVID’s path.
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Froma Harrop: Who can blame Charlie Baker for not running again?
Between now and next November, he faces a primary in a Republican Party that has gone haywire. Former President Donald Trump has vowed to take down Baker. (He’s already endorsed former state Rep. Geoff Diehl, the only well-known Republican running in the party’s primary.) Baker evidently doesn’t want to play in the nasty clown show sure to follow.
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Rich Lowry: The IOC is a craven handmaid of Beijing
The International Olympic Committee has doggedly defended Beijing as the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics, even as the Chinese Communist Party pursues its campaign of unrelenting barbarity against the Uyghurs.
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George Howitt: Republican challenge to vaccine mandate isn’t wise
Susan Collins and every fellow U.S. Senate Republican voted to “defund” the vaccine mandate on businesses, the military and the federal workforce. Many senators will not disclose their vaccine status, though I suspect that most are vaccinated. They don’t object to the vaccine; they object to it being mandated. Their reasoning goes something like this: […]