Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine: To tub or not to tub
Childhood memories of using the bathtub have given way to the joys of showering, J.P. Devine writes.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: With the snow comes far-off memories of skiing and a dose of vinegar
Night skiing at Eaton Mountain many years ago meant indulging in a culinary treat of vinegar splashed on fries, Amy Calder writes.
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‘The Defiant Ones’ worth seeing, if only to honor the great Poitier, Kramer
Stanley Kramer gave us “High Noon” 1952 and “Judgement at Nuremberg” 1961 and that alone is enough to cast Kramer in gold. His “The Defiant Ones” in 1958 wasn’t in the same league with those brilliant pieces. Tony Curtis got to play chain-gang baddie Johnny Jackson, a snarling racist small-time criminal, in a time when […]
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel
Dana Wilde: The psychologic odyssey of Jupiter’s moon, Io
The mysterious moon is an expression of an ancient psychology that what is seen, combined with what is imagined, is an equation for what is real, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine: Well, was that fun or what?
Enjoying his favorite cereal for dessert, J.P. Devine recalls a childhood moment when his mother introduced him to the magic of snap, crackle and pop.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State
Amy Calder: No amount of snow or cold will keep Mainers from their ice cream
It seems counterintuitive to think people want to eat ice cream during this frigid winter, but die-hard Mainers must get their fix, Amy Calder writes.
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‘Munich: The Edge of War’ soft, dark and occasionally nail-biting espionage thriller
Every few years someone asks, “What ever happened to Jeremy Irons?” And then he pops up as Alfred in Zach Snyder’s “Batman” and “Justice League” as Scar in “The Lion King” and in the “House of Gucci,” where, with his usual charm and woolen suits, plays a son of the great Gucci. Irons is very […]
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Liz Soares: Changing habits over two years
Reflecting on what’s changed, and what hasn’t, since the pandemic started two years ago, Liz Soares wonders whether anyone is the same person now.