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Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, Opinion
Opinion: We must do more to support survivors of trafficking in Maine
To create pathways for escape and recovery, we have to support and maintain low-barrier spaces where survivors can connect with resources.
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Opinion: Maintaining funding for crime victims will save Mainers’ lives
Without the appropriate financial intervention, crucial services will be weakened beyond recognition.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Dancing in the dark
Navigating the slippery slopes of winter has J.P. Devine pondering what a fall could mean.
Posted inColumns, Opinion
Opinion: Leave Maine’s science curriculum as it is
Although well-intentioned, a move to teach genocide in middle school science classes is ill advised.
Posted inColumns, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Kouzounas’s candidacy leaves me cold
Yes, somebody should run against Sen. King. That somebody should have a plausible future in electoral politics.
Posted inColumns, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Decriminalizing drug possession is the way forward
People fortunate enough not to have had contact with the criminal legal system don’t realize how destructive it can be.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: A simple solution to a tragic problem
Police officers should not have to face deadly mass shootings, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine, Opinion
TV SERIES REVIEW: New ‘Monsieur Spade’ brings elements of classic to France
Clive Owen (“Inside Man,” “Croupier”) appears this week on AMC’s “Monsieur Spade” as Sam Spade. If that classic name seems familiar to you, you’re a lot older than you look. Sam Spade was famously the name on an office window atop Hyde Street in San Francisco, where the cable cars still turn. It spelled out […]