It’s not hard to understand why Roy Moore’s most recent accuser didn’t come forward for 40 years, writes Liz Soares.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Snow Pond arts center in Sidney a gift worth supporting
The venue benefits everyone and offers education and cultural enrichment opportunities, plus year-round concerts, Amy Calder writes.
Adventures of one kind of veteran
A tale in six acts and a happy Veterans Day to vets who are real, J.P. Devine writes.
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Florida Project’
The film focuses on single-mom barely out of her late teens, who has a love child from someone in the past who doesn’t even rate a photo on the fridge, J.P. Devine writes.
The strange world of mushrooms
Mushrooms have always mystified me, partly because they occupy a kind of psychic no-man’s-land between hallucinogenic and fatal, writes Dana Wilde.
At milestone moments in life, how should we measure ourselves?
When high school reunions roll around, resist the urge to compare yourself to your peers, Emily Higginbotham writes.
Good luck can come with some bad guilt
While reports of privation pour in as they did during the Ice Storm of 1998, some people have all the luck, writes Amy Calder.
Sunday, my prints will come
Moving the column to Sunday sparks memories of glamor, of the sacred, of interlaced fingers that bind us together, J.P. Devine writes.
Former Mainer, green card lottery winner warns against program change
The green card lottery system isn’t perfect, but it helps increase the diversity of a nation where so many people proudly claim their foreign ancestry, Adrian Crawford writes.
Scary storms, past and present
It doesn’t take much weather mayhem to create dangerous situations, writes Liz Soares.