Travel is a nightmare, and hotels are the monsters in those bad dreams, J.P. Devine writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Liz Soares, Local & State
Liz Soares: Fourth of July meant for celebrating
But the holiday is also a good time to reflect on how fragile our freedoms are, writes Liz Soares.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: Reassessing our beliefs, as July 4 nears
Amy Calder asks those with hard-held views on immigration to consider from whence they came, as the U.S. is about to celebrate the anniversary of its independence from Britain.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
J.P. Devine: The tie’s the thing that’s telling about a candidate
J.P. Devine takes a gander at the neckwear of the current crop of male presidential candidates, but as yet finds no bolo ties.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Kennebec Journal, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Dana Wilde: Cleanliness is next to spiderliness
A close look at how spiders defecate reveals how they go out of their way to keep their surroundings clean, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: Grateful for the farmer
Central Maine farmers work hard and have little or no time off, but they live in paradise.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State
J.P. Devine: Life is a drag
The recent confrontation in downtown Waterville over a drag queen story hour for children drew metaphorical spears and rattles, the latest in a fabulous tradition of performances, J.P. Devine writes.
Posted inColumns, Kennebec Journal, Liz Soares, Local & State
Liz Soares: Down the rabbit hole with President Trump
I still yearn for a president who speaks and writes eloquently, but the president’s liabilities go far beyond his incoherence, writes Liz Soares.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares, Local & State
Liz Soares: Down the rabbit hole with President Trump
I still yearn for a president who speaks and writes eloquently, but the president’s liabilities go far beyond his incoherence, writes Liz Soares.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State
Amy Calder: Pausing to smell the roses
As summer nears, we are reminded that it’s later than we think, Amy Calder writes.