by Our Readers | Aug 6, 2009 | News
Keep Government Out of Health InsuranceWhy do Republicans really oppose government-run health care? There are three main reasons. First is enormous cost, and inefficiency and waste that accompanies such a system. Republicans understand that there is no such thing as a...
by Alan Bisbort | Aug 6, 2009 | News
What would you say if I told you that your city is targeted by a missile carrying a nuclear warhead? Chances are 1) better than you'd care to think that this may be so; and 2) you'd be a bit concerned, if not steamed, by this. The bomb no longer has to be...
by Stephanie Kraft | Aug 6, 2009 | News
Almost one-third of wages and salaries paid in the U.S. goes to executives, according to the Wall Street Journal. "Executives and other highly compensated employees," according to the WSJ, received nearly $2.1 trillion of a total of $6.4 trillion paid in...
by Tom Vannah | Aug 6, 2009 | News
Last week, Gov. Deval Patrick dropped by the Daily Hampshire Gazette's Northampton offices, where the Valley Advocate is also headquartered, for a meeting with the Gazette's editorial board. Gazette editor Larry Parnass invited me to join in; when my turn...
by Maureen Turner | Aug 6, 2009 | News
While Springfield has had its share of exciting mayoral elections in recent years—the re-emergence of former Mayor Charlie Ryan, who took back the seat in 2003; Ryan's surprising loss four years later to Domenic Sarno, the current incumbent—City...
