J.P. Devine goes to church when he has to, but he is ‘living outside of his native country.’

The fuss over the “Indians” nickname at Skowhegan schools is a serious argument, but is it really too soon to interject some humor? J.P. Devine writes.

There was only one Mom, but others willingly stood in her place in times of need, J.P. Devine writes.

Travel is for others, there’s enough to see and do right close to home, says J.P. Devine.

Criminals may have given them a bad name, but J.P. Devine says there’s nothing better for keeping warm or — with the help of earplugs connected to nothing — avoiding the world.

If Don Draper’s coat from “Mad Men” can make the Smithsonian Institute, so can J.P. Devine’s personal papers, the columnist writes.

J.P. Devine writes of the days when telephones were always black and telephone numbers included words.