A Single Photograph

A single black and white photograph. The familiar New England scene depicts the center of Westhampton at the turn of the twentieth century. The white church and town hall, three tall trees and a little grassy knoll with a cast iron fountain and a bench. The fountain,...

Kidding!

Oh, dear. So after reading this report by MassLive’s Greg Saulmon, on arch-conservative minister Scott Lively’s suggestion that perhaps God caused last week’s strip club explosion as a form of punishment for wickedness, I feel compelled to say that...

Stern vs. The Spurs: The Sponsors Are Always Right

The fluid line between competition and entertainment just got a bit more blurred. NBA Commissioner David Stern hit the San Antonio Spurs with a fine of a quarter million dollars because their coach, Greg Popovich, arguably the third best coach in the history of the...