by Mark Roessler | Jan 15, 2009 | News
In October 1991, when the fishermen of Gloucester, Massachusetts set off into the stormy Atlantic aboard the Andrea Gail, they knew the weather was dangerous, perhaps even lethal.As portrayed in Sebastian Junger's 1997 non-fiction book The Perfect Storm, the six...
by Tom Vannah | Jan 22, 2009 | News
I've voted for State Rep. Stephen Kulik of Worthington every time he's come up for re-election in the last decade. As one of his constituents—Kulik represents the rural 1st Franklin District, as well as a number of rural communities in Hampshire...
by Stephanie Kraft | Jan 22, 2009 | News
Horrifying pictures of a collapsed cooling tower at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in August, 2007 fueled long-standing controversy about whether the 36-year-old plant, located near the borders of Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, is safe. Residents of...
by Stephanie Kraft | Jan 22, 2009 | News
A new, not widely publicized report from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has interesting things to say about what we spend for our nuclear weapons program and how we spend it. Since the financials on our atomic stockpile aren't kept in a single...
by From Our Readers | Jan 22, 2009 | News
Climate change is the most pressing issue our country faces today. It is tied directly to every challenge we face, from our struggling economy to health care to our national security.We are in an economic recession. It is clear that the unsustainable business...
