Guest Column: Syria and Missile Defense

by | Nov 27, 2013 | News

The Obama Administration is currently working with the international community to relieve Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad of his chemical weapons stockpile. Of course, there’s ample reason for pessimism. Even if American and Russian officials were to work in...

From Our Readers

by | Dec 31, 2013 | News

For Shame And in this week’s “I can’t believe what I just read” is the piece by Maureen Turner (“Prison Politics,” December 17, 2013) in which she attempts to frame the argument against the prison-industrial complex by describing...

Between the Lines: Maybe Not Such a Sure Bet

by | Nov 27, 2013 | News

When I moved to the Valley in 1996, casino gambling was a red-hot issue. A number of communities had already voted on whether they would welcome a casino inside their borders. In Holyoke, they’d said yes; in Springfield, where the matter was a major factor in...

Between the Lines

by | Dec 31, 2013 | News

In the spring, members of Congress set off to fly home for a holiday—and ran into mammoth lines at the airports. Why were things so bad? Because of airport furloughs caused by the “sequester.” Critics warned that the sequester would cause hardship...

Between the Lines: What?s Love Got to Do With It?

by | Dec 4, 2013 | News

There’s something rather romantic about the way Mitchell Etess, Mohegan Sun’s CEO, talks about his company’s new partnership with the Suffolk Downs racetrack. In a statement announcing the deal last week, Etess might have been describing two new...