The recent passing of Pip prompts thoughts about pet companionship and how we’re meant to be in each other’s lives, Amy Calder writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State, News
Stay tuned this silent night for breaking news
On this Christmas Eve and feast of Hanukkah, when we light the tree and the first candle in the menorah, remember that there is darkness around the world and children in need of our love, J.P. Devine writes
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Posted inColumns, Maine Voices, Opinion
We must recall lessons of Japanese internment, lest we repeat tragedy
It was wrong to round up Japanese-Americans 75 years ago, and today’s Muslims are no different.
Posted inColumns, Maine Voices, Opinion
A nation that has lost its way needs to overcome greed and indifference
Our dire situation demands passionate activism on the climate, income inequality, poverty, violence and more.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State, News
How we know global warming is happening
By the year 2100, the temperature of the atmosphere is likely to climb higher than it’s ever been in the last 784,000 years, writes Dana Wilde.
Posted inColumns, Maine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Military spending must be cost-effective and proportional to real threats
Obscenely irresponsible fiscal behavior in Defense Department spending needs to stop.
Posted inColumns, Maine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Come 2030, we’ll see that Trump really did set the world on fire
History will judge harshly those who enabled the election of a dangerous demagogue.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State, News
The old man and the snow: the final battle
This winter’s Great White Bull comes not with whipping winds and big cold flakes, but instead softly, with no battle to be fought and no victory to be won, J.P. Devine writes.
Posted inColumns, Maine Voices, Only Online, Opinion
Maine Voices: Help stop the harm done by Maine’s underfunding of higher education
We need a broad, bipartisan coalition to advocate for public colleges, which are an asset of all Maine people.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares, Local & State, News
The fight against fake news
As a writer and a librarian, I am a fierce defender of the First Amendment but also an ardent advocate of the truth, writes Liz Soares.