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.
Joe Voisine: Biden’s vax incentives promote inflation
Rewarding the unvaccinated with a $100 shot, a chance at a $1 million lottery, and let’s not forget free beer. What’s next? Free tattoos, ear rings, free rent if you get vaccinated as soon as possible? President Biden can’t be sleeping too well these days. His trillions of dollars in federal stimulus money aren’t enough […]
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Let’s talk about the things they will not learn
“They” meaning K-12 students in Tennessee. Not that the Volunteer State is alone in passing laws and standards to restrict the teaching of African-American history. To the contrary, a number of states — Oklahoma, Texas, Florida and more — have lately done the same.
Rich Lowry: Democrats applaud Biden’s unconstitutional act
Is a president of the United States flagrantly defying the Constitution an authoritarian act? A threat to democracy? Something that at least should be discouraged or frowned upon?
Judging by the reaction of Democrats and center-left commentators to the lawless last-minute decision of President Joe Biden’s CDC to extend an eviction moratorium sure to be struck down in the courts, the answer is emphatically “no.”
Froma Harrop: The quest for a perfect lawn leads to insanity
Once a carefree nature girl, I now govern my lawn with an iron grip, there’s no denying. It’s insanity, and I own it.
Cal Thomas: Invasion by any other name
A rose by any other name is still a rose. And an invasion by any other name is still an invasion. We cannot sustain a country with what amounts to an open border no matter what it is called.
Patrick Eisenhart: Mainers listen to correct people on COVID
Everyone has a choice to listen to their own doctor and/or Dr. Anthony Fauci, or the misinformation put out by Tucker Carlson on Fox News, or Texas and Florida Republican governors leading the nation in COVID deaths and hospitalizations in their respective states. Thankfully the people of Maine have followed the masking and vaccination policies […]
Bob Neal: The Countryman: Some small steps in cultural progress
Fittingly, when Cuomo leaves office before his term is up, he’ll be replaced by a woman. The only way he can salvage any reputation is to quit before he is impeached. The good that can come of it is that more men in power will learn. You can run but you can’t hide.