Splash: The Hard Way

Splash: The Hard Way

Though his write-in candidacy for mayor in Northampton has yet to receive a lot of press attention, Gene Tacy says he’s so busy on the stump he’s become “a stranger” to his wife and has even lost a few pounds. No surprise there: Even if his...

Imperium Watch 10.18.07

Bush has often claimed, contradicting his vow to protect the Constitution, that his job is protecting America. Clearly, he can’t handle either job: within hours of receiving advance copies of a new al Qaeda video, someone in the Bush administration with access...

Nuevo Mundo: Missing, Not in Action

In 1991 Rafael López, a truly gracious and gallant man who worked to help elect John Olver to Congress, told a local reporter he wanted see a more responsive representation for Latinos. Back then Olver’s spokesman, Michael Meehan, issued a guilt-ridden...

The World This Week: Al Gored

The ink was barely dry on the Nobel Peace Prize proclamation when the American media went into attack mode. "This will not stand," they seemed to collectively insist. "We thought we had successfully destroyed 'Al Bore, The Ozone Man.' How dare...

What Do You Think?

Wetland Laws ToughTom Vannah ("No Time to Relax," Oct. 4, 2007) stated that some residents felt that the Massachusetts wetlands protection laws were onerous. It would be best to shed some light on those attitudes. Consider a lot or tract of rural land 400...