Letters: What Do You Think?

Future Bleak for Nukes I should like to comment on the “Nuclear Power Safe” letter that appeared in your April 14 issue. I believe that further clarification is needed regarding matters introduced in this letter. The statement that “the nuclear power...

Imperium Watch: Tectonic Shift

You might not find Michael Ruppert as much fun as Michael Moore. You might find parts of Collapse, the film in which director Chris Smith draws him out about his views of the impending violent downsizing of industrial civilization, less persuasive than other parts....

Imperium Watch: Who Stole the Future?

It seems good news that more businesses are hiring now, and it is. But it leaves a lot to be hoped for. That’s because many of the jobs don’t offer the wages and security that American workers could count on in the years before our manufacturing base...

Vote on New High School Approaches

The City of Easthampton holds a special election on Tuesday, May 18 that gives residents a chance to vote on a Proposition 2 1/2 debt exclusion to finance the construction of a new high school, which at last estimate would cost approximately $48 million. The debt...

Between the Lines: Kagan in Context

If President Obama has his way, former Harvard Law School dean Elena Kagan will replace John Paul Stevens—and the Supreme Court will move rightward. The nomination is very disturbing, especially because it’s part of a pattern. The White House is in the...