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Monthly Archives: March 2010

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Critically Ill Congress Takes Turn for the Better…

Sunday night the United States House of Representatives passed the most ambitious and far-reaching piece of health care legislation since Medicare and possibly ever.  The bill, which was approved on a 219-212 largely party line vote, will expand access to health care to approximately 32 million

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For Every Man’s Death Diminishes Me…

His face is probably more recognizable now than it was when the weekend began.  Smiling out against a white background, the photograph that shot its way across the media now tells far more than a mere thousand words.  Neither a student ID photo nor likely

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Top Google Search Results for Springfield…

Springfield has put itself in the running to host an experimental new fiber optic system that Google is developing to deliver high-speed internet service.  Recent news reports have surface about Google’s plans to enter into the Internet Service Provider market, possibly taking on giants like

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“When Hippies Get the Bomb” or the Threat of a Nuclear Vermont…

Last month the Vermont legislature voted overwhelming to deny a renewal for the troubled Vermont Yankee nuclear facility just over the Massachusetts-Vermont line.  The move was praised by environmentalists, anti-nuclear activists, and Franklin County (MA) politicians as well as Green Mountain State’s sizable leftist population.