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
Cal Thomas: An economic history lesson
In the U.S., the prosperity unleashed by lower taxes and fewer regulations has proven to increase employment, raise wages and boost individual prosperity for those willing to work and take minimal risks, such as moving to states that provide better opportunities. Now Democrats are trying to sink the country in more debt, raise taxes, re-impose regulations, all in the name of “equity,” “fairness” and taxing the rich so they will pay their “fair share,” whatever that is.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Rich Lowry: 2020 is toxic for Republicans
It’s not as though Larry Elder, a talk radio host with no political experience who was running in a deep blue state and got massively outspent, was going to have an easy time regardless. But when he got pushed by Trump supporters into endorsing the stolen election narrative, he ran directly into a Gov. Gavin Newsom political buzzsaw linking him with Donald Trump and the Jan. 6 riot.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Samantha Donley: Childcare facility funding needs Congress support
I’m an untraditional student at the University of Southern Maine, and I’m also a mother of a 10 month old. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, courses were done remotely last year, but as the world has returned to a new normal state, I was tasked with finding childcare for this fall when classes resumed in person. […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Maurice Chabot: Sheline should be Lewiston’s mayor
I support Carl Sheline, candidate for mayor of Lewiston. I have known him for over five years, and know his belief in Lewiston. Carl has ideas about continuing to invest in the economic development of the community, to attract new businesses and help current ones thrive, about cleaning up the graffiti and making our green […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Kimberly Sampson: Elect Dana Staples to Auburn City Council
Too often, Auburn city leadership has taken the wrong path. Too many are beholden to outmoded ideas, retrograde trends, and regressive policies that make life more challenging and more expensive. From special interests, which organize to amplify niche agendas, to the sad institutional inertia of politics, as usual-moderate, pragmatic perspectives are drowned out by political […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Cal Brown: Too many county/town name changes
I write in response to the Sept. 19 article by Colin Woodard, “Monuments to notorious people are coming down and being renamed. What about Cumberland?” What’s next? Are we about ready to change names of our counties and towns? If so, we should start using names of fruits, nuts and vegetables to be safe. Cal […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Gil Steward: Kudos to Auburn for rapid road repair
I would like to thank the city of Auburn for a very fast road patch. We live on a dirt road, but the first 100 feet is tar. Where the tar meets Route 4 was a couple pot holes that were getting bigger each week. I called the city Friday, Sept. 17. They came and […]
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Austin Bay: Mark Milley’s perception warfare deserves a Leavenworth Long Course
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley violated constitutional order and subverted the chain of command. Why? His goal doesn’t matter, but here’s my guess: to secure the largesse of President Joe Biden and the Beltway media.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Edward McCarthy: ‘Meaningful gun legislation’ is sorely needed
Reading the account in the Sept. 23 Sun Journal of the acquittal of the young Auburn man who shot a father of five in the back, not once but twice, one wonders at the verdict. One also wonders at a question begged — what was this person doing with a Glock pistol ready to use […]