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Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, News
Readers’ opinions count, even when reporters can’t air theirs
Even a columnist has to take a back seat sometimes, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t listening, Amy Calder writes.
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Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State, News
Campaign 2016 the greatest casting call of all time
Christie as Ralph Kramden? Trump as the Wizard of Oz? What a show, JP Devine writes.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares, News
Technological advances shouldn’t replace experience, common sense
Liz Soares ponders how smartphones and GPS may be able to give us travel directions and reminders, but at what cost?
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, News
Rural Mainers know it’s about so much more than the miles
As much as we travel, it’s what we feel and see that counts the most, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State, News
It’s not always easy when a hometown boy makes good
J.P. Devine writes that news his book has been published is getting a mixed reaction in his hometown of St. Louis.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State, News
The discovery of Planet X
If astronomers spot a new planet on the order of the size of Neptune or Uranus, we’ll be back to a nine-planet solar system, writes Dana Wilde.
Posted inColumns
Commentary: Senate stalling on federal judge nominees needlessly harms justice system
Ensuring that the courts function should not stop just because we’ve entered a presidential election year.
Posted inColumns, New England Patriots, Sidelines, Sports
Like father, like son: History repeats itself
The Patriots’ loss Sunday in the AFC Championship game brought to mind the stinging defeat of the Red Sox three decades ago, and the lessons of defeat, Bill Stewart writes.