by James Heflin | Apr 16, 2013 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Last November, I wrote about a thorny Supreme Court case, Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons. In short, it revolves around the right to import copyrighted works intended for overseas use and resell them. Kirtsaeng, a Thai student who made a load of cash reselling...
by On Springfield | Apr 16, 2013 | On Springfield
The new issue of CommonWealth magazine has a must-read article about Springfield’s casino battle—with a particular focus on the competing interests of the Picknelly brothers. The article, “Springfield Bets on Sibling Rivalry,” by Gabrielle...
by Free Sport | Apr 16, 2013 | Free Sport
Let’s hope so. Because so far this season, this team (and maybe the organization as well?) has done a great job of getting back to being a baseball team – one that promises to be a pleasure to watch throughout the long season. Last Wednesday night, the...
by Pete Redington | Apr 16, 2013 | News
This past year, CEO pay averaged 24 times the presidential pay rate [of $400,000] and 300 times the average worker salary, notes Sam Pizzigati at Too Much: An Online Weekly on Excess and Inequality. But this hasn’t always been the case. “In fact, from the...
by Stephanie Kraft | Apr 16, 2013 | News
All right, so it was the runup to Easter, and you wouldn’t expect much from the Legislature, especially on Good Friday. Still, this glimpse of the work culture in the Statehouse is an eye-opener. After all, the rest of us work during Easter Week....