by Maureen Turner | Mar 26, 2009 | News
Midway through the new documentary film, Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood, Michael Brody, a child psychiatrist from the University of Maryland, offers a startling comparison: in one important way, marketers who target children are akin to sexual...
by Alan Bisbort | Mar 26, 2009 | News
It seems much longer ago than eight years that Dick Cheney was scolding his fellow Americans for demanding higher conservation standards and more alternative and sustainable energy sources. Conservation, the Vice President imperiously told us, was merely "a sign...
by Mark Roessler | Mar 26, 2009 | News
It's damn near impossible to drive through downtown Northampton without having to slow down for some delinquents who simply can't contain themselves within the limits of the sidewalks and clearly marked crossings. A hundred times a day, somewhere along Main...
by Frank Dodge | Mar 26, 2009 | News
Dear Will Kussell, President of Dunkin’ Donuts:It says here in this cease and desist order that I & Jake & Cpt Slow & Oola etc can not run our community business anymore. Well, I just want you to know we were only trying to help President Obama by...
by Stephanie Kraft | Mar 31, 2009 | News
A storm of public opinion against extending the operating license of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vt., near Brattleboro, is gathering, intensified by new revelations last week of poor maintenance practices on the part of the plant's owner.On...
