by Analee Newitz | Jan 31, 2008 | News
Six years ago I wrote a column titled "Blog Anxiety," which was all about how bloggers make me nervous and jealous with their lightning-fast news cycles. I bemoaned my inability to commit words to public record without waiting for editorial oversight and for...
by Stephanie Kraft | Jan 31, 2008 | News
Headlines screamed about a provocative action by Iran against American warships in the Strait of Hormuz early in January. But the tension sparked by the reports fizzled as TV footage showed that the Iranian craft were tiny speedboats, and the Pentagon soon admitted...
by our readers | Jan 31, 2008 | News
Repeal Sunday Hunting BanI am writing in response to your article ["Open Season"] in the January 17, 2008 issue of the Valley Advocate regarding the possibility of repealing the ban on Sunday hunting in Massachusetts. I would like to address points which...
by Alan Bisbort | Jan 31, 2008 | News
The American people must love sports metaphors, because they use them so often to shed light on just about any person, place or thing. For example, no metaphor better sums up the character of George W. Bush than "he was born on third base and thinks he hit a...
by Alan Bisbort | Feb 7, 2008 | News
Because of this newspaper's deadline schedule, Super Tuesday has not happened as I write this. It will have happened by the time you read this. Since I don't know what voters in the 24 states that held primaries on Tuesday will do, I offer anticipatory...
