Joe Biden, the hail fellow well met Irishman, strides along inhaling hair as his Democrat competitors nip at his heels and the Republicans sing hymns, writes J.P. Devine.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Liz Soares: Watching ‘Apollo 11’ brought moon landing memories back to life
I’ve gotten used to the fact that my childhood looks like it took place in another century, writes Liz Soares.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Columns
Amy Calder: Don’t leave kids alone in a vehicle
A man who left two girls unattended in an SUV in Waterville was reported to police.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State
J.P Devine: Ancient Chinese things are complicated
But that doesn’t mean things can’t work out for people born in a Year of the Pig and a Year of the Dog or for the Dog-born Trump either, writes J.P. Devine.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Dana Wilde: Environmental hell to pay
In case you’ve missed it, the Earth is currently undergoing the sixth mass extinction of life forms in the 3.5-billion-year history of life, writes Dana Wilde.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Lifestyle, Local & State
Video: At ‘He and She’ talk, the Devines entertain crowd at Colby College
J.P. Devine and Kay Joly Devine spoke before a crowd of 175 Tuesday at the Waterville college.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State
Amy Calder: In 48 years, hotel worker did 774 tons of laundry
Rome woman who retired from Waterville hotel is an ‘anomaly,’ her former boss said: “What are the odds that any of us would be in the same job for 48 years?”
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State, News
J.P. Devine: Bernie and Beto, Dems’ sunshine boys, running for president
Casting about for Democratic men to play the role of president, J.P. Devine likes the Jimmy Stewart knockoff Beto O’Rourke from El Paso, Texas, and the Vermonter with the Brooklyn accent, Bernie Sanders.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Lifestyle
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Woman At War’
Heroine’s war against the future simmers, unfolds, bubbles up and explodes in our face.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Liz Soares: Plant-based diets healthier for us … and the environment
Liz Soares writes she is pleased that ‘the concept of plant-based diets is entering the national conversation.’