by Heather Brandon | Jun 7, 2007 | Urban Compass
Springfield resident Greg Metzidakis (pictured, far right, with fellow residents and coincidentally Historic Commissioners Marjorie Guess and Ralph Slate at last September’s Urban Land Institute reception) asked recently about the city’s former Technical...
by Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello | Jun 7, 2007 | The Public Humanist
In the very full arena of public policy discourse, what do humanities scholars have to add to the conversation? On some level, as non-policy experts, the answer would seem to be a simple “nothing” (or, if one is being more generous, “fairly...
by James Heflin | Jun 7, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Eleven-year-old Jamison Stone shoots old friend of giant hog he recently downed. The giant pig, whose name was Fred, used to cavort with a chihuahua, at least when he wasn’t being irate about a lack of hog slop. Stone recently learned the whereabouts of that...
by Northampton Redoubt | Jun 7, 2007 | Northampton Redoubt
The Patrick administration is placing a lot of emphasis on raising the hotel room occupancy tax limit and creating a local option meals tax to raise municipal revenues and shift local fiscal reliance away from property taxes. Communities across the commonwealth are...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Jun 7, 2007 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
I’m often someone told to "lighten up" when I respond to something I find offensive, but in thie Allison Stokke brouhaha, I guess I’m just a, crass, jerk-off, dude, or as I prefer, DOOD! Or at least, I’m someone who knows when to pick his...