Still a big deal to own a gun…

In contrast to the last post, here’s the story of a teenager sneaking into the neighbor’s house by accident instead of his own and getting shot as an intruder. How this story gets interpreted is something, I’ll maintain, that’s likely to vary...

Whaleback Sinks Under Mountain of Debt

Another independently-owned New England ski resort is closing under a burden of debt. Whaleback Mountain, located right off Route 93 in New Hampshire, about ten minutes from Lebanon, will close indefinitely following its Motor Mayhem event this weekend. “Weighed...

Gas Lines: Leaky, Leaky

If this keeps happening, we may add a department called Leak of the Week. Saturday, March 16—the day before St. Patrick’s Day—13 houses on Union and George streets in West Springfield had to be evacuated because of a gas leak. A worker from Columbia...