Sometimes proud to be an American?

Some conservatives enjoy branding the leftward the “blame America first” crowd. Of course, there’s kneejerk nationalism, then there’s a mature love of country that requires looking at faults and remedying them–in short, taking...

Springfield Charter Proposals Advance

Three proposed charter schools that would serve Springfield students have advanced to the final stage of the state approval process. Yesterday, Gov. Deval Patrick announced that the three were among 25 applications, selected from an initial group of 42, to be invited...