Lewiston is an amazing city with amazing people. We need to continue to elect people who understand that, and who want to help everyone. That’s why I am supporting Caleb Roebuck for Ward 2 city councilor. Caleb is already involved with local government, serving on the Lake Auburn Watershed Protection Commission. He’s spending his days […]
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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Dick Campbell: Mills needs to reverse vaccination mandate
I have attended most of the “medical freedom” demonstrations and rallies statewide and have found a high level of professionalism, frustration, fear and dedication to personal freedom and liberty. Maine’s Bicentennial Parade in Lewiston/Auburn marked the first time Gov. Janet Mills made herself available to the affected public since the Legislature granted her this government […]
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Bob Mennealy: Vaccinations, masks mean sacrifice for greater good
Individual sacrifice for the greater good is not rare in democracies. Sacrifice for the greater good is, and has been, common for years. An example is the military draft, to ensure that our military maintains sufficient numbers to protect our nation and way of life, if necessary. Thus, I was very surprised to read that […]
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Cal Thomas: Not so easy summertime
There once were summertimes when the living was easy, as the song from the Broadway musical “Porgy and Bess” melodically reminds us. But not this summer, not with COVID-19 still spreading dangerously across the land and uncertainty over what happens next after the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.
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Froma Harrop: When only veterinary science will do
What could the U.S. Food and Drug Administration say to Americans who refuse to get a coronavirus vaccine administered by medical professionals but instead go to a livestock supply house for a drug designed to deworm horses and cows? Ivermectin in big animal doses can easily make a human sick and possibly dead.
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Shame on Texas
Texas’ new anti-abortion law, which the Supreme Court refused to block on Wednesday night, bars termination of pregnancy after six weeks — long before a woman generally even knows she’s carrying — with no exception for incest or rape. But it imposes no criminal sanctions.
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Rich Lowry: No, Afghanistan is not the end of American power
There is no sugar-coating our defeat in Afghanistan and the abject position we put ourselves in during the final days. The withdrawal is a blow to our counterterrorism capabilities, our prestige and our geopolitical position.
For all of that, though, no one in the world has the formidable advantages of the United States, which still outstrips everyone else, including China, on every material metric that matters.
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Deanne Danforth: Trump delivered Taliban its real victory
Ceasing resistance to an enemy or opponent and submitting to their authority is the definition of surrender. The Taliban’s real victory was Feb. 29, 2020, when Trump’s administration signed a peace deal with the Taliban excluding the Afghanistan government. The Taliban got complete power. Afghanistan got nothing. The Taliban agreed not to give safe harbor […]