Russia’s early December troop movements along its Ukraine border and China’s fall 2021 aerial and naval penetrations of Taiwanese territory are well-publicized displays of massed conventional armed forces poised to enter another nation’s sovereign territory and wage war.
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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Bob Mennealy: U.S. ‘should learn from past mistakes, not hide from them’
Right-wing radicals wan to ban the discussion of the history of racism in the United States, and in some cases offering bounties to citizens who report teachers defying such edicts. Are they denying that the Civil War — a conflict mainly centered on the merits or lack thereof of slavery being legal or outlawed — […]
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Cal Thomas: The signs weren’t missed, they were ignored
As has been the case with so many other school shootings over several years, last week’s murder spree at Oxford High School in suburban Detroit might have been avoided if actions had been taken in the face of several obvious warning signs.
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Froma Harrop: Socially deviant parents of school shooters
The central focus of the Michigan horror has rightly moved from a mentally ill high schooler to his socially deviant parents. Which leads to these two questions:
Aren’t parents who keep loaded weapons in a home shared by a disturbed child with violent obsessions themselves mentally twisted? And what could be done about them?
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Renee Cote: Build Back Better is critical for future generations
A child born this year will be 79 when we enter the next century — assuming he or she survives pandemics, wars, social upheaval, and the enormous disruption that climate change has already started to bring. Will that child have access to adequate food and shelter if sea levels continue to rise, if torrential rainstorms […]
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George Mathews: Elect those willing to fight for republic
I ask, what is happening to our country? To answer that question, people should consider reading a book, “The Naked Communist,” written by W. Cleon Skousen 1958. This book lists the history and long-term goals of Marxism in our country, and the 45 steps for achieving Communism in the United States. It was written over […]