The deadly conclusion to the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan stirs memories for J.P. Devine of the families waiting for loved ones to return home.
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News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Amy Calder: Thankful for the vaccines
Amy Calder questions why people rage against getting inoculated when vaccinations against polio, smallpox, COVID-19 and other illnesses save lives.
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‘The Chair’ isn’t perfect, it’s edgy, and sometimes a soggy sandwich of drama and soft comedy
It’s like jelly beans when I was 8, and M&Ms, and then popcorn and Pringles. My sister said to me over and over, “Don’t you want to save some for later?” No, I’ve never learned to “save some for later.” Today, with the advent of streaming, this trip down memory lane brings me to Sandra […]
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Liz Soares: Observing the squirrel circus
Encouraging rodents who spend most of the day in my backyard is not a good idea, writes Liz Soares, but it’s tough when their actions are adorable.
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J.P. Devine: Alcatraz is still there
Good Sunday morning. As we eat breakfast, the advance party of the Taliban have entered Kabul, and is installing Keurig hookahs and prayer rugs. It’s over. Inside our command building, the intelligence boys and girls are burning all paper goods, including Kleenex, paper towels, lottery tickets and toilet paper, sending smoke from the embassy’s chimneys. […]
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Amy Calder: When friends become family
A two-week visit to Maine in 1996 as part of the Fresh Air Fund program turned into a lifetime connection between Joey Molina, now 34, and his host family, David and Jeanine Deas of Waterville.
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‘Like Father’ has a lot of unknown characters who keep the movie going
There’s Frasier Crane. I know Frasier, who doesn’t? And we like Frasier. And there is the “marshmallow” herself, the lovable Kristin Bell (“The Good Place,” “Veronica Mars”). But who are all these other people? I recognize Rogen, but that’s Seth’s wife now writing and directing. It turns out that these unknowns keep this movie moving. […]
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Dana Wilde: What the heck is this?
There are more weird-looking creatures on the green Earth than is dreamt of in our philosophy, writes Dana Wilde.
