by Our Readers | Dec 23, 2010 | News
The Greens? Or the White House? Eric Weltman’s article on energy (“A Wasted Crisis,” December 9, 2010) seeks to blame environmentalists for the failure of the latest Senate energy bill. In fact, according to a recent article in the New Yorker by Ryan...
by Maureen Turner | Dec 23, 2010 | News
Almost a year after the Patrick administration called for new regulations on the potentially harmful chemical bisphenol-A (or BPA), state health officials have responded, with a policy that activists say falls far short of what’s needed. Last week, the Mass....
by Stephanie Kraft | Dec 23, 2010 | News
Massachusetts Senator Scott “Just a Regular Guy” Brown believes in loyalty—to the banking and financial services interests that swept him to Capitol Hill on a magic carpet of cash. Brown was one of three Republican senators (the other two were...
by Mark Roessler | Dec 23, 2010 | News
On Monday, Nov. 29, federal authorities seized 82 websites which, they allege, were involved with the illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit goods and copyrighted material. Where once online visitors found fully functional sites, they are now greeted by a...
by Advocate Staff | Dec 30, 2010 | News
Died September 1: Doug Kohl, a Northampton developer who cared about the quality of the neighborhoods he built and listened to the concerns of everyone with a stake in his projects. Not just a McMansion builder, he created resident-friendly co-housing projects as well...
