The magnitude of our awe at the facts of supernovas is like astronomers hundreds of years ago seeing new stars where none had been before, Dana Wilde writes.
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Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: A hundred, you say?
J.P. Devine ponders the path toward joining centenarians.
Posted inAmy Calder, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: If there’s any lesson you fall for it’s this — beware the wretched ice
Wearing proper foot gear this time of year can mean the difference between a safe trek to the mailbox and a painful ride to the hospital, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘Deadwood: The Movie’ lives again
It’s back, in a splendid colorful movie, first viewed in 2019. “Deadwood: The Movie” is a 2019 American Western television film directed by Daniel Minahan and written by David Milch for HBO. It is a continuation of the television series of the same name, which was created by Milch and ran for three seasons from […]
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: At war with grocery prices
The high cost of eggs has prompted Liz Soares to hunt for savings — while having fun doing it.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Tarzan and licorice
J.P. Devine is triggering memories to avoid the turbulent news pouring out of Washington, Hollywood and Congress.
Posted inAmy Calder, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Space shuttle tragedy continues to reverberate 37 years later
Christa McAuliffe was 37 and a popular teacher from New Hampshire when she and six others died in the space shuttle Challenger explosion on Jan. 28, 1986, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘Living’ about living, even in final few days
Here he is, the beloved British chameleon, the charmer, saloon tap dancer, film and Broadway Tony winner Bill Nighy, whom you remember as Billy Mack, the boozy sensualist rock star in “Love Actually,” or as the shy, retiring husband in “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.” But here, in director Oliver Hermanus’s, soft, dark and heart-breaking […]