Whether it’s a red state, blue state or purple state, all states will be affected if the current administration eliminates Social Security, which we earned through hard work, paying into it all our working lives. What do people think will happen to American citizens whose only income depends on their monthly checks? We could lose […]
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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Letter: Dealing with Trump’s many proven lies
I can understand why so many people were blindsided and voted for Donald Trump for a second term. He uttered 30,573 proven lies during his first term, so no one believed him when he revealed his plans to destroy our democracy. Now the bobblehead has surrounded himself with unqualified puppeteers who are telling him how […]
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Letter: When will Trump and Musk begin helping Americans?
Here are my questions for “Co-Presidents” Donald Trump and Elon Musk: Why are you eliminating the funds for reading teachers when students who struggle to read are on the rise? Why are you eliminating the funds for medical research when diabetes, cancer and heart disease are on the rise? Why are you causing economic havoc […]
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Letter: Sen. Collins needs to relay Mainers’ concerns to Trump, Musk
Sen. Susan Collins now holds one of the most powerful positions in Congress. The President Trump-Elon Musk team has described Social Security as a scam. Trump and Musk want to provide outrageous income tax protections to themselves and their billionaire class at tremendous costs to working Americans as they destroy the U.S. government. They are […]
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Letter: Women’s rights are being trampled
I don’t dislike or hate transgender people. What I hate is that women like our mothers fought so hard for women’s rights and protections, especially in sports, and now they are being trampled and destroyed by young men transferring to female. They already have male hormones raging through their bodies, which make them stronger and […]
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Letter: Let there be fairness on youth playing fields
I have a granddaughter in Georgia who competes at a high level on her travel soccer team. Though she’s one of their youngest, she leads her teammates in virtually every statistical category, and making the Olympic team is her cherished goal. I can’t imagine how my son would feel if a collision with a transgender […]
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Letter: Musk’s cuts are not the work of a scalpel
Elon Musk had a lot of fun recently, brandishing a chainsaw, symbolizing his approach to slashing government waste, fraud and abuse. A few days later he changed his tune, saying that the Department of Government Efficiency was instead applying a scalpel to governmental agencies. As a retired surgeon, I would like to expand on that […]
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Letter: Rep. Libby crossed the line
We should be able to expect that an elected official would not intentionally expose a teenager to bullying for the sake of self-promotion.
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Letter: Don’t forget the Statue of Liberty’s message
Emma Lazarus’ “The New Colossus,” as engraved on a plaque on the Statue of Liberty, states in part: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Let us […]
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Letter: ‘Hail and farewell, Thomas Moser’
Maine and the country are the poorer for the loss of Thomas Moser. He was not only a superb craftsman, he was a warm, open-hearted human being. Thirty odd years ago my wife and I visited his business and, when he learned my wife had a small wood-crafting business (Carol’s Woodcrafts) in Los Angeles, he […]