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Monthly Archives: July 2008

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OH NO! 0-8!: Ich Bin Ein Obama…

Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for President, made a speech in Berlin today before a large crowd. The speech was part of Obama’s world wind tour to burnish his international credentials before the November election, which included stops in the Middle East and

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The Data Doesn’t Lie…

Reports flowing out of the Republican this evening note that the long promised but much delayed Info Center Project may be in jeopardy. The squabbling endures with the present House bill designating the STCC Industrial Park as the Info Center Location. The bill is a

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A Marriage of Inconvenience and Politics…

The Massachusetts Senate has taken the first step to repeal the 1913 law forbidding those from out of state to be married in Massachusetts if their union would be illegal in their home state. The law was written so as not to subvert laws in

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Economizing Springfield…

A number of things have been buzzing through the air recently. Talk has been circulating about commuter rail, Union Station, and the area economy. The redevelopment of Union Station is crucial to the revival of the city and downtown particularly. Reviving it could bridge the