by Stephanie Kraft | Oct 30, 2008 | News
Voters head into next week's election after seeing exceptional threats to our democracy, from increased government surveillance to challenges to the right to vote. But some threats to the electoral system come from us. One is voting a single issue rather than...
by Tom Vannah | Oct 30, 2008 | News
Holyoke School Superintendent Eduardo Carballo is getting a raise and Holyoke Mayor Mike Sullivan isn't happy about it.Sullivan doesn't begrudge Carballo some kind of cost of living adjustment, but he doesn't think he should get 4 percent and he...
by Tom Vannah | Nov 6, 2008 | News
You, dear reader, are way ahead of us this time. As we put together this week's Valley Advocate, we have absolutely no idea how Tuesday's election turned out. You, of course, saw it happen—whatever it was. As you read this, you're a day or two into...
by Alan Bisbort | Nov 6, 2008 | News
As I write this, I do not know who has been elected President of the United States. My deadline falls on Monday and though, like most Americans, I can't wait for this campaign to end, I am not gifted with clairvoyance. This much I do know: since about mid-2005, I...
by Stephanie Kraft | Nov 6, 2008 | News
With the election over, it's time to look at the growing global food crisis. Longterm, the U.S. needs to help mitigate climate change, which is aggravating that problem by contributing to water shortages and desertification. Sooner, we need to change the equation...
