The U.S. government, American businesses and individual Americans harmed by the virus should sue the CCP and its various corporate cutouts for gross negligence and criminal cover-up. Seek triple damages.
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 inLetters, Opinion
Bob Mennealy: Pandemic has demonstrated GOP’s hypocrisy
Elliot Epstein’s column (“When are just rewards just to be expected?,” Aug. 1) cited another incident of GOP hypocrisy in regard to COVID-19. Maine Rep. Chris Johansen, R-Monticello, an anti masker and anti vaxxer, came down with COVID-19 and was hospitalized. Such hypocrisy is not limited to Johansen; Paul LePage opposed Medicaid expansion, which would […]
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Is human compassion so hard for them?
It’s telling that people who were so fulsome in their outrage when a Target store was burned after the police murder of George Floyd, who were so righteous in their fury when Colin Kaepernick took a knee to protest police violence against African Americans, can muster so little empathy for cops who defended the Capitol — our Capitol — against the worst attack in over 200 years.
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Rich Lowry: Policymakers disregard their own COVID mandates
The coronavirus hypocrites believe they live in a hierarchical society, starkly divided between the rule-makers and the suckers who have no choice but to obey them.
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Cal Thomas: COVID panic, round 2
The response is always that the science is changing. Peculiar that the science is changing when it comes to COVID-19 but seems settled on climate change.
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Froma Harrop: Voters really do want order on the border
Americans could back a careful ramping up of the numbers as long as that’s done in an orderly manner. A humane and generous immigration program could enjoy high public support, but only if the laws are taken seriously.
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In rebuttal: Dave Griffiths: Writers miss mark on CDC guidelines, Capitol riot
Here’s a response to two recent letters. On July 30, Clem Bechard voiced the tiresome complaint that the CDC keeps changing its mind about masking and vaccinations. Of course it does. The virus and its variants keep mutating. The CDC responds with updated guidance. That’s what scientists do. They study the data (facts, not opinions) […]