* This is the first of a recurring series of posts entitled “Random Thoughts.” These posts will essentially be random comments on anything and everything, whether the topic be about something in Springfield or on the other side of the Milky Way. Print PDF
The lifeblood of any political campaign is its ability to get its message out to the voting masses. And, of course, the best way to do that is by purchasing ads, putting up signs, and touring the countryside visiting the people who do the voting. Print PDF
The other day the Springfield Fire Department responded to a fire alarm in the Hollywood section of the South End of the city, which is one street over from where I live. Print PDF
Last Friday morning I was planning on getting into work early, so I made a quick stop at the outlet Dunkin’ Donuts located inside the Pride station on the corner of East Columbus Avenue and Union Street in Springfield for a breakfast sandwich and coffee. Print PDF
The State We’re In: Prof. Jerold Duquette and Prof. Mike Hannahan from WGBY on Vimeo. Print PDF
With the trial of former Springfield police officer Jeffrey Asher now ongoing in Chicopee District Court (Asher is being tried on charges of assault & battery and assault & battery with a dangerous weapon in connection with the November 2009 arrest of suspect Melvin Jones III), Print PDF
I have written some and thought a lot about the parallels between the Patrick and Obama campaigns and administrations. Everyone knows these two operations have some of the same designers and strategists, but I think they also have something else in common. Each has been blessed with political opponents who hate politics and who, not [...]
PREACHING TO THE CHOIR In a recent story that appeared online at Northampton Media, writer-editor Mary Serreze wrote about a visit by traveling Occupy Wall Street protesters to the cozily-progressive city of Northampton earlier this month. Print PDF