People fortunate enough not to have had contact with the criminal legal system don’t realize how destructive it can be.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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.
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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 […]
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: Jellyfish are strangers in a strange land
Dana Wilde ponders the philosophic implications of creatures from the sea.
Posted inColumns, Opinion
Opinion: The people are supposed to choose whom they please
I believe Secretary Bellows’ recent legalistic logic is easily unraveled.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: A bad day for skin
J.P. Devine remembers a time when he was young and handsome with black hair and smooth, youthful skin, talking us into buying stuff we didn’t need.
Posted inColumns, Opinion
Opinion: What it’s really like to drive an electric car in Maine
Everybody seems to have an opinion about electric vehicles these days. Three years in, here’s mine.
Posted inColumns, Opinion
Opinion: 51 years after Roe v. Wade, the struggle for reproductive autonomy continues
On Monday, a host of brave Mainers will testify in favor of strengthening reproductive rights in the state constitution.
Posted inColumns, Opinion
Opinion: It’s my job to keep Maine’s children safe – here’s how I plan to do it
In my new role at the Office of Child and Family Services, I’ll start by tackling the most urgent problem: unmanageable caseloads.