Letters: What Do You Think?

Potter Off Key on Iran Andrew Potter, in his piece using the 1979 Iranian revolution that overthrew the shah as an example of the way hopeful protests can result in totalitarian rule (“Paradox In The Middle East,” March 24, 2011), somehow neglects to...

How to Shrink Your Base

In the aftermath of the GOP’s big 2008 losses, Karl Rove outlined a road map back to the majority. Among Rove’s key principles was that “[t]he GOP won’t be a majority party if it cedes the young or Hispanics to Democrats. Republicans must find...

Letters: What Do You Think?

Opposition Rhetoric Skewed Poor John Boehner! So bitterly you wept as you bemoaned the Democrats ramming health care through Congress, and so pitifully you sob that they’ve violated the will of the American people! But you see, John, I have an attention span, so...
Vermont's Single-Payer Salvation

Vermont's Single-Payer Salvation

Not long after the House of Representatives voted to repeal last year’s landmark healthcare reform legislation and a federal judge ruled the bill’s insurance mandate unconstitutional, Vermont’s leaders decided to take matters into their own hands. On...

Local Biofuel Biz Gets a Boost

Fledgling biofuels company Qteros has just been granted a patent for its process of creating fermentation of biomass by a unique, naturally-occurring anaerobic microorganism, an event that will likely catapult the Marlborough-based company onto the global stage. The...