by David Tebaldi | Aug 21, 2008 | The Public Humanist
I’m wondering why we need a license to get married, but we don’t need a license to have kids – especially considering the fact that a bad marriage is easily undone and does no irreparable harm, whereas bad parenting can create a legacy of misery that...
by Northampton Redoubt | Aug 21, 2008 | Northampton Redoubt
August 21, 2008Upon recommendation of the Mayor and Finance Committee the sum of $710,000 is appropriated for the installation of a fiber-optic wide area network; that to meet such appropriation the Treasurer with the approval of the Mayor is authorized to borrow...
by Ella Longpre | Aug 21, 2008 | Stage
It's a pretty safe bet that sometime in your adult life, you will manage to kill a few houseplants through simple neglect. Though it's easy to forget to pour water over your roommate's African violets every morning, it's pretty hard for even the most...
by Alan Bisbort | Aug 21, 2008 | News
It sounds like the plot to a new Monty Python Broadway musical, Spy-a-lot: You are a librarian in a quiet town. One day a government spy—played by Eric Idle sporting a greasy moustache and doing his nod-nod-wink-wink routine—hands you a "secret...
by our readers | Aug 21, 2008 | News
Unflattering ReviewsOnce upon a time an interviewer asked Louis Armstrong to explain jazz. Satchmo, with his characteristic good humor and rich, bass voice, replied, "Man, if I have to explain it to you, you ain't never gonna get it." The same can be...