Once the province of sailors, pirates and professional wrestlers, body art adds a layer of expression to modern women demanding control of their bodies and appearance, writes J.P. Devine.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares, Local & State
Liz Soares: The greatest antidote to racism is people who speak the truth
Those who take to the streets out of hatred for their fellow human beings are not ‘fine.’
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Posted inColumns, Emily Higginbotham, Local & State
Taking the scenic route all the way to Maine
It was on this path that I learned happiness is not a place, writes Emily Higginbotham.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State
Amy Calder: Waterville’s Lebanese community honors Mary Ayoob
A registered nurse, Ayoob has delivered many of her nieces and nephews and may be the oldest living member of the local community.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, News
J.P. Devine: Say goodbye to plastic straws
While sharing a cherry vanilla phosphate using paper straws was once romantic, plastic straws have become anathema since one was found jammed up the nose of a sea turtle, writes J.P. Devine.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State
News, close encounters from Mars
The red planet is brighter and closer than usual to Earth this summer, while scientists say there’s mounting evidence of water, which could mean extraterrestrial life, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State
Amy Calder: Governor’s Board of Executive Clemency hears litany of life lessons
The 18 cases presented to the pardon board recently were felons’ presentations of life lessons painfully learned, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State
J.P. Devine: Demise of another historic institution
The closing of the Necco candy factory in Revere, Massachusetts, which had sweetened the lives of Americans through good times and bad for 171 years, provides cause for lament, writes J.P. Devine.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares, Local & State
Liz Soares: Movie delivers civilizing message of ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’
Rogers is shown in the movie to be a master of using goodness, kindness, and love to influence change.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State
J.P. Devine: An anniversary waltz through Waterville
To put 34 years as residents of Waterville in perspective, J.P. Devine writes about how he and She came back East in 1984.