by Advocate Staff | Jan 1, 2009 | News
A halo to Hampden District Attorney William Bennett for clearing out the pipeline of marijuana possession cases after the passage in November of a public referendum that made possession of an ounce or less of weed punishable with a civil fine. "I'm going to...
by Tom Vannah | Jan 8, 2009 | News
Back in the early 1990s, I wrote a profile of a Rhode Island-based venture capitalist named Arthur D. Little for the now-defunct magazine, New England Business. I knew something about Little before my editor assigned the piece: a long-distance runner, he was a popular...
by Stephanie Kraft | Jan 8, 2009 | News
What with the Bush administration leaving after eight years, there's a lot of talk about legacy these days. Legacy is a hard word to define; it can even take on different aspects as years go by. Last week an American statesman died, leaving a legacy that clarifies...
by From Our Readers | Jan 8, 2009 | News
A Call to RevolutionAmerica, what happened? This is what the experts have been warning us about. Now it's right in our face, and it won't go away. We are on the brink of a major energy crisis. This doesn't mean tomorrow we will all be riding bicycles to...
by Maureen Turner | Jan 8, 2009 | News
Suzanne Strempek Shea loves Barack Obama—button-wearing, campaign-check-writing, canvassing-in-New-Hampshire-on-Election-Day loves him. To put it in the universal language of pet lovers: "I'd leave my dog with him," she says.Strempek Shea isn't...
