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  • Published
    June 10, 2018

    J.P. Devine: Love, not for sale

    While all manner of good sense argues to banish tokens of a bygone era to storage, some things linger through time, writes J.P. Devine.

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    June 3, 2018

    J.P. Devine: What’s your sign?

    What message did the stars, the planets, the sun and moon have for Howard Schulz, the CEO of Starbucks, on May 29 when his stores closed so his employees could have a lesson on racial bias, writes astrology-addicted J.P. Devine.

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    May 13, 2018

    J.P. Devine: Once upon a garden that reverted to the yard

    Enemy country now, loaded with ticks, not to mention legions of mosquitoes, surrendered now to nocturnal denizens, writes J.P. Devine.

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    May 6, 2018

    J.P. Devine: Battle cries and brouhaha

    With no deployment of Maine guardsmen to the southern border and 45 set to visit Korea for a bite of kimchee, J.P. Devine writes he is deeply disappointed that we're left to defend the border alone.

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    April 15, 2018

    J.P. Devine: Losing sleep over Washington firings?

    What's going to happen to all those people who are losing their jobs at the White House, J.P. Devine wonders.

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    April 8, 2018

    J.P. Devine: After the last dog is gone

    The daughters say get another dog, but that entails much more than just going to the rescue pound and picking one out. How do you choose which one? writes J.P. Devine.

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    March 18, 2018

    J.P. Devine: While She handles the money, I open jars and bottles

    Though She is as secretive as a mob bookkeeper and has handwriting so small that reading grocery lists is tough, J.P. Devine has to admit — even if he doesn't want to — that She is good at managing accounts.

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    March 11, 2018

    J.P. Devine: Nuns with guns? The movie

    Imagine the nuns of your childhood, their flowing habits, their individual quirks, the clicking beads, the gun up their sleeves, J.P. Devine writes.

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    March 4, 2018

    J.P. Devine: Saints and whoopie pies

    With a reminder that it's Lent and you have to give something up, J.P. Devine reviews a litany of patron saints and the peculiar potency of religious jewelry.

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    February 25, 2018

    J.P. Devine: Shakin’ the blues away

    Television and movies to avoid if you want a restful evening and heartwarming films you can download for comedic protection, from yours truly, J.P. Devine.