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by | Mar 27, 2008 | News

Cold War Nostalgia"Star Wars 2.0" [March 6, 2008] hit the nail on the head. The continued military expansion of the U.S. government, as exemplified by the recent Bush negotiations with Poland, shows without a doubt that our government is aching and yearning...
Not for Activists Only

Not for Activists Only

by | Mar 27, 2008 | News

Just over the Massachusetts border in Vernon, Vt., the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is showing signs of age. Last summer the Advocate published photos of a collapsing cooling tower at the plant and of an interior pipe patched with duct tape—pictures taken...

Between the Lines: The Door Slams

by | Mar 27, 2008 | News

Springfield City Councilor Tim Rooke was getting ready to head over to a budget meeting at City Hall last Tuesday when he decided to make a quick call to the mayor's office to let them know he was coming.Rooke says he's always made it a point to show up at...
Hillary: A Wee Bit Silly

Hillary: A Wee Bit Silly

by | Mar 27, 2008 | News

The first time I saw Hillary Clinton speak in person, she addressed about 80,000 people. But they hadn't come to see her. The time was November, 1995 and the place was the downtown area of my native Belfast. The Irish Republican Army had called a ceasefire a...

The World This Week: Race to the Bottom

by | Mar 27, 2008 | News

In Detroit right now, a corrupt mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, has been trying to whip up support in the black community by playing the race card.Is there an echo in here?Kilpatrick is in a heap of trouble for charging $210,000 in personal expenses—spa massages,...