In her letter published Nov. 15, “Trump’s election reflects democracy at work,” Virginia Macdonald opined that anti-Donald Trump Bates students “have an inflated sense of uniqueness, an unwarranted sense of embellishment, (are) overly emotional, easily offended and unable to deal with opposing opinions … “ That description suits the president-elect to a T. It’s true, […]
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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Marc Jalbert: What lies ahead with Trump?
Well, it has happened. Apparently, there weren’t enough of us to see the forest for the trees. As much as it is hard to take the loss, we’ll see if those who saw fit to help put Donald Trump in office will approve with what he’ll do in his first six months in office. And […]
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Austin Bay: Win-win out of no-win: Previewing Trump’s Russia-Ukraine transaction
Prepare to toss the common peace negotiation recipes, ceasefire artifices and usual foreign policy nostrums out the window.
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Cal Thomas: Trump’s chance to change taxation
President-elect Trump and Elon Musk, whom Trump has asked to reform our broken tax and spending system that has resulted in a $36 trillion debt, have a rare opportunity. With all three branches of government under Republican control, Trump and Musk should simultaneously address the debt, including the size and cost of government, and also the way we collect taxes.
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Rich Lowry: Trump shows demography isn’t destiny
Donald Trump assembled the biggest, most diverse GOP coalition in decades while running further to the right on immigration, crime and the culture than perhaps any major-party presidential candidate in U.S. history.
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Froma Harrop: Trump won a sweep, hardly a landslide
Donald Trump’s rallies had rows of empty seats toward the end, and his favorability ratings never rose above dismal. It wasn’t that Trump was so beloved, apart from his MAGA cult. It was that Democrats fell apart with lousy messaging.
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Lewiston’s Andwell Health Partners appoints chief human resource officer
LEWISTON — Andwell Health Partners has appointed Christian Bartholomew its chief human resource officer. Bartholomew had served in that capacity at Tenet Health, where he led the HR function at three hospitals in and around central Massachusetts. “We are thrilled to welcome Christian to our leadership team,” said Ken Albert, Andwell’s president and CEO, in […]