We apparently live in a country heavily populated with people who have no critical thinking skills whatsoever, writes Liz Soares.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘Double Indemnity’
Though ‘Double’ didn’t win an Oscar in 1945, its the film people talk about when they talk about noir, J.P. Devine writes.
J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘Something Wild’
This is a suspense sandwich with ingredients labeled FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, J.P. Devine writes.
Senior Gathering beats loneliness
Seniors find friends at events held by UMaine Cooperative Extension in Skowhegan, Canaan, Smithfield and Madison, Amy Calder writes.
‘It’s a great thing to do,’ says China Lake loon counter
Norval and Karen Garnett and their grandson, Calder Amoroso, 2, take part in Maine Audubon’s annual Loon Count.
Friday: best day of the week
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday? Just guys standing on a corner waiting for the fun guy, and his name was Friday, writes J.P. Devine.
Summer’s unsung outlaws
Whether deer flies whirl around like devils or devils whirl around like deer flies, I don’t know, writes Dana Wilde.
The meaning of summer through the ages
Summer no longer brings a swell of expectation or independence — but it offers an escape, Emily Higginbotham writes.
Thinking of returning to Lotus Land
When daughters from the City of Angels, it can produce a dangerously flirtatious moment of fantasy for even a thinking man, J.P. Devine writes
Trump’s CNN tweet ‘no laughing matter’
When violence is normalized, our hearts and souls get twisted, writes Liz Soares.