President Barack Obama delivered his first State of the Union address this evening. Obama’s State of the Union was tinged by the victory of Scott Brown in Massachusetts, the overburdened effort for health care reform, and dwindling poll numbers and public confidence. Nothing in his
January 20, 2010 marks one year since Barack Obama took the oath of office. It is fitting that the day before, in one of the safest states for Democrats, that a shocking and sudden repudiation of that party should elect man possibly in the mold
A recently released poll by Suffolk University has shown the unthinkable. Republican State Senator Scott Brown, his party’s nominee polled at 50%. Within the margin of error, was Martha Coakley, the state’s Attorney General, at 46%. This shift, is shocking. This blog, although it does
Springfield offered a little bit of the pomp and circumstance it rarely, but effectively, mustered Monday when the new City Council, the new School Committee, and a reelected Domenic Sarno took the oaths of office. The tone of the inauguration seemed a pinch more upbeat
Another year is upon us, which means, quite obviously, that another year has ended in the Pioneer Valley. The year 2009 has been quite full of news from the Pioneer Valley. Politically and historically, the City of Springfield has undergone transformation and controversy. From the