by Tom Vannah | May 14, 2009 | News
In an effort to inoculate myself against withering criticism from one of two raging factions, I'd like to make something clear at the outset: I love teachers. My dear old dad was a teacher. Some of my best friends are teachers. As a parent, I rejoice at seeing my...
by Maureen Turner | May 14, 2009 | News
This fall’s Springfield mayor’s race just became a lot less intriguing, with the recent news that City Councilor Bruce Stebbins has decided not to run for the seat.News of Stebbins’ decision was broken by The Springfield Intruder blog...
by Alan Bisbort | May 14, 2009 | News
Gen. David Petraeus, chief of U.S. Central Command, was on CNN Sunday, putting a happy face on events in Afghanistan. The confident and, by all appearances, competent Petraeus is good at this, frighteningly good; even as he spoke, two suicide bombs went off in...
by Maureen Turner | May 19, 2009 | News
The efforts of the folks at Hallmark notwithstanding, Mother's Day has deeply political, even radical, roots. The holiday was established in the U.S. in the aftermath of the Civil War by Julia Ward Howe, the 19th-century social activist who worked for abolition,...
by Maureen Turner | May 19, 2009 | News
Town Meeting season has not been good to marijuana reform advocates, who are watching as the victory of last fall's Question 2 is being chipped away by community after community. Question 2—approved by 65 percent of voters on last November's...
