by Kendra Thurlow | Oct 4, 2007 | News
The proposed Northampton wetlands ordinance passed its first reading in the City Council on Thursday, September 20 amidst much opposition, and is slated for a second reading before the council on Thursday, October 4. If it is codified, will the city’s wetlands...
by Valley Advocate Editorial | Oct 4, 2007 | News
Michael B. Mukasey, President Bush’s choice to replace outgoing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, was the judge presiding over the terrorism trial of blind Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman in 1995. The New York Times lauded Mukasey for sentencing the sheikh to life in...
by Tom Vannah | Oct 10, 2007 | News
The footing is treacherous. I won't kill myself if I slip, but I'll roll a long way, probably bust up my fly rod, so I climb down carefully.Below me I hear the roar of water cascading down 25 feet into my favorite trout pool. I wrap my arm tightly around a...
by our readers | Oct 10, 2007 | News
Hard Times Prior to the 2000 presidential elections, candidate George W. Bush assured all Americans that he was “a uniter, not a divider.” When America elected Al Gore with 596,000 more votes—which somehow allowed Mr. Bush a back-alley pass into the...
by Valley Advocate Editorial | Oct 10, 2007 | News
If you’re wondering why it’s getting so much harder to get ahead financially, or even keep your head above water, there’s a reason. It’s a combination of conservative ideology, which says the government shouldn’t do anything except feed...
