Kamala Harris desperately needs to deflect responsibility for the ongoing debacle at the border, and she thinks she knows just how to do it.
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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Austin Bay: Time to fix the Pentagon’s recruitment and retention problems
Retaining personnel is expensive. Military service is servitude of a special sort. Suppressing the lure of civilian life requires higher pay, benefits and other incentives.
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Froma Harrop: Vance couldn’t even defend the democracy
He could summon all the oily debate tactics needed to evade questions and renovate lies. But one thing that J.D. Vance couldn’t find in his toolbox was the courage to say something that is totally obvious: Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.
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Cal Thomas: Lebanon then and now
Lebanon was once known as the “Switzerland of the Middle East.” Now it has been wracked by war and terrorism, fueled by Islamic fanaticism.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Peter Geiger: Sen. Rotundo seeks to do what’s best for Mainers
In a previous letter I mentioned that I don’t want an elected official who will fight for me. Rather I want individuals who will collaborate and find reasonable solutions to the complex problems we face in Maine. Case in point is my support for Sen. Peggy Rotundo, who should be reelected to District 21 of […]
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Dave Griffiths: This and That: Can we talk?
For me, it doesn’t get better than finding common ground with a baseball nut or a blues fan or a fellow vet.
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Deanne Danforth: Trump and Project 2025
It’s common knowledge that Donald Trump’s a compulsive liar. He mixes fact and fiction about events and self aggrandizes. Knowing Trump’s lied thousands of times, do people believe his claim of no connection to Project 2025? The Heritage Foundation organized Project 2025, in which Trump is named over 300 times. His campaign advisor Stephen Moore […]
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Joan Macri: Sheats applies her building skills to legislation
Whenever I see one of Maine’s stone walls, I think of Bettyann Sheats, candidate for Maine State Senate. Bettyann has constructed many such walls in her garden. These walls, so admired by Mainers, are an apt metaphor for the work she would do in Augusta. Dry stack stone walls are constructed of rocks selected to […]
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Don Mayberry: Beal offers dedication, hard work to House District 81
I would like to offer thanks to my friend, state Rep. Sawin Millett, for his many years of service to our community. Agreeing with his positions or not, I always appreciated Sawin as a dedicated community servant with our best interest at heart. As we seek a replacement who will offer their dedication, best thoughts […]