Letters: What Do You Think?

Downtown JoeIt is surprising that only now James Heflin notices that Noho is not an "underground bohemia" anymore ["The Other Awards Show," Feb. 26, 2009]. Rather it has been for years an elite yuppie enclave of million-dollar homes, $1,200...
Fire in the Rectory, Music in the Church

Fire in the Rectory, Music in the Church

Nothing like your new home catching fire to determine who your friends are and clarify priorities.Dr. Jordan Quinn had moved into the one-time rectory next to the former Saint Anne's Church in Turners Falls with her husband, John Anctil, and her children. She is a...

Between the Lines: Deval's Promise

When he campaigned for governor, Deval Patrick approached the subject of taxation with apparent intelligence and courage. Since coming to office in 2007, however, the governor has wandered far from his campaign promise to provide property tax relief by restoring local...

ImperiumWatch: The Professor-in-Chief

President Barack Obama's bailout package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, includes help for students to get into college and stay there even in an economy in which many of their parents are losing their jobs.At the same time, his new budget would end...

Open Door Policies

Caroline Murray has been losing a lot of sleep since Barack Obama became president. It's not that she's unhappy about Obama's election—rather, she says, she's overwhelmed by the possibilities it's opened up, to create real, lasting,...