For many Americans, it’s pretty hard to sit at the dinner table these days and not talk about anything but money, J.P. Devine writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Reporting Aside: Thomas College student charts path that shows he’s wise beyond his years
Luke Witham will graduate next week from the college with a bachelor’s degree in secondary education, but what is atypical is that he has already been teaching high school for all four years of his college experience, Amy Calder writes.
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‘The Duke’ working-class tale of survival
In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a gnarly 60-year-old taxi driver and backstreet Birmingham, England’s activist for elderly rights, was under daily police harassment for not paying his television tax. (By law, each household in the UK has to pay the license fee, with some exemptions) Here, Kempton, in “The Duke,” the late Roger Michell’s sweet-and-charming sentimental […]
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: Books to occupy the mind
During recuperation from knee replacement surgery, Liz Soares more than doubled her consumption of books and has a number of highlights to share.
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On the Edge: Just like in the movies?
The original script called for Southern dreams of being a “Rice King,” but J.P. Devine’s movie went a different direction.
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‘The Automat’ a page of American dining history
“The Automat” documentary looks back lovingly on one of American’s great eateries. Said the technocrat, To the Plutocrat To the autocrat, And the Democrat — Let’s all go eat at the Automat! — New York Evening Sun, 1933 New York director and producer Lisa Hurwitz decided to give us a gift from the American past, […]
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: A Down East invasive spider spins web of intrigue
The “European hammock spider,” also known as the dwarf weaver or Linyphia triangularis, has been slowly expanding its nonnative range in Maine and causing a stir in the spider community, Dana Wilde writes.
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On the Edge: It’s all about stuff
Mulling a move to someplace else, J.P. Devine is reminded of all the stuff in their house and how it’s tethering them to their Waterville abode.