by Tom Sturm | Nov 13, 2008 | News
As I read through the Election Day links posted at Pollster.com before the election was decided—when for a moment it looked as if perhaps irregularities, problems with voting machines and other GOP shenanigans could throw the nation into legal and political hell...
by Mark Roessler | Nov 13, 2008 | News
Though all indications are positive, only time will tell whether Barack Obama will be the president so many hope he can be. Even if the change he promises comes quickly and dramatically to Washington, it is unlikely the ripple effect of his actions will be felt in the...
by Alan Bisbort | Nov 13, 2008 | News
In November, 2006, when the Republican Party lost full control of Congress, I suggested that gloating was not in order. After all, George W. Bush was still in the White House and Dick Cheney was still pulling his strings. I'd wanted to switch on the TV so I could...
by Kendra Thurlow | Nov 13, 2008 | News
When entrepreneurs Christian Rahn, Victor Quinn and Scott Radner chose Northampton as the home of their proposed hookah bar, The Den, they were fighting an uphill battle, even if they didn't know it yet. Massachusetts passed a smoke-free workplace law in 2004,...
by From Our Readers | Nov 13, 2008 | News
Dear President-elect Obama, Congratulations. Like most Americans, I watched Tuesday night as history was made, wrongs were righted, hope was restored and the cloud of exclusion, violence and hate finally lifted from our great country. For the first time in my life, I...
