It’s time for the bevy of patriarchal ancients in Washington who have chosen to follow their leader to move over and make way for the women who seek their seats, says J.P. Devine.

The questions asked the nominee for the Supreme Court covered the salient points, but what about the personal questions, like does he have a dog, does he wear boxers or briefs? says J.P. Devine.

An injury incurred while washing and rinsing a wine glass leads to revelations about the state of medical practice — and who’s doing the practicing, says J.P. Devine.

The governor’s decision to add his name to a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that would allow workers to be fired based on their gender identity or sexual orientation is an outrage, says J. P. Devine.

When the news of the week included yet another scandal involving priests, this time in Pennsylvania, it had repercussions in Waterville in his own home, says J.P. Devine.

Being emotionally 9 years old when you’re the president can get you — and the whole world — in trouble, but wanting a big, Ben Hur-type parade then becomes understandable, says J.P. Devine.

Once the province of sailors, pirates and professional wrestlers, body art adds a layer of expression to modern women demanding control of their bodies and appearance, says J.P. Devine.

While sharing a cherry vanilla phosphate using paper straws was once romantic, plastic straws have become anathema since one was found poking up the nose of a sea turtle, says J.P. Devine.

The Boston Globe just reported that the Necco Candy factory in Revere, Massachusetts — the maker of Necco wafers, Clark Bars, Mary Janes, and candy buttons — just went belly up.

To put 34 years as residents of Waterville in perspective, J.P. Devine talks about how he and She came back East in 1984.