I want to feel for the politically infantile who unnecessarily expose themselves and loved ones to a potentially deadly virus, but my feelings are running out. And it’s rather late in the game to plead ignorance. Get the shot or don’t. Just don’t overestimate how much we who have done our personal and civic duty really care.
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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Leonard Pitts Jr.: ‘The right to vote is fundamental to our American democracy’
“The right to vote is fundamental to our American democracy,” (Sen. Joe Manchin) wrote in a Sunday op-ed in the Charleston Gazette-Mail of West Virginia. (He) then spent a thousand words explaining why (he) will not protect this right by supporting the For The People Act, which would end partisan gerrymandering, punish those who try to intimidate voters and streamline voter registration, among other urgently needed reforms.
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Harolyn Zaldumbide: Support for Naomi Osaka
I support Naomi Osaka. After watching professional tennis for over 50 years, I’ve seen enough to know that sometimes criticism is pointed in the wrong direction and questions are not always fair or appropriate in following interviews. The Tennis Association needs to change its “iron-fistedness” and care more about players’ needs; show more compassion. I’ve […]
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In rebuttal: David Plimpton: Letter ‘full of misinformation’ about Israel war crimes
Joel Goodman’s recent letter to the editor (“In rebuttal: Joel Goodman: Gilbert wrong about apartheid in Israel,” May 30) supporting Israel’s war crimes against unarmed Palestinians, including women and children, is full of misinformation, disinformation and hyperbole. The recent violence, in which 227 Palestinians, including 64 children died (while 12 Israelis died), was not started […]
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Cal Thomas: In your heart, do you believe Trump is right?
In his return to political campaigning last Saturday, former president Donald Trump channeled Goldwater when he claimed vindication for many of the positions he took during last year’s presidential campaign and in the four years of his administration.
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Jeremy Pettengill: Energy bill not a good deal for Maine
To be transparent, I’m an employee of Central Maine Power, but first and foremost I’m a lifelong Mainer who pays taxes, takes his vote seriously and has a monthly power bill. I’m writing to express my concerns behind LD 1708 and its misleading narratives that pushed the act through Maine’s Committee on Energy, Utilities and […]
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Kevin Landry: People need equal opportunities, not equal outcomes
There is a growing push by educators across the country to adopt “anti-racism” curricula in our schools. Critical Race Theory is a Marxist-inspired discipline that categorizes people as either “oppressors” or “oppressed.” It uses pleasant-sounding euphemisms such as “equity” and “culturally responsive teaching” to incorporate their indoctrinating ideas to the young and vulnerable. Parents are […]
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Where Black history is concerned, America specializes in not knowing
Now it gives that conspiracy of ignorance the force of law, requiring that we prioritize white people’s emotional comfort above truth. For all people of conscience, that should be an easy call. A hundred years later, let’s finally speak some truth.
And let comfort fend for itself.