…And the World: We begin today in Syria, where both sides of the conflict appear to be getting reinforcements from abroad. The European Union has decided to not renew the arms embargo on the country, ostensibly to provide more support to the opposition, a move
SPRINGFIELD—The preliminary election is still four months away and nomination papers have another two months to be completed, but campaign kickoffs are already underway. For some it is a repeat act, but hopefully with differing results. Justin Hurst, an attorney and the scion of one
…And the World: We begin today in Israel, where one-time political superstar Yair Lapid is now facing questions after his austerity budget and now-pessimistic comments in The New York Times. In the Times interview, Lapid sloughed off his dimming star, but also offered less than
…And the World: We begin today in Pakistan, where the nation’s historic elections, the first that followed the full term of an elected Parliament have apparently yielded victory for the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif based on current projections. Sharif won as cricket player turned
…And the World: We begin today in Great Britain, where last week local elections were held in which the far-right UK Independence Party or Ukip, won a number of seats in county councils. It also ran second in the race to fill former Foreign Minister
…And the World: We begin today, in Italy, where over the weekend, the nation swore in a new government after an inconclusive election and two months of chaos. The government, led by the Center-Left Democratic Party’s Enrico Letta, is a compromise across parties in an
Boston Beat: We begin today in Boston, where word has come out that the surviving bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is responding to questions in writing. He sustained a throat injury at some point between the crime spree Thursday night into Friday morning and the confrontation
Normally we would have probably done the markup tomorrow as the takedown because of Patriot’s Day. However, we will not be doing the Takedown either, however. Boston, an occasional subject of this blog, is of course also very dear to us. Our thoughts are with
…And the World: We begin today in the United Kingdom where word has come that former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died at the age of 87. The nation’s first (and only) female premier and its longest serving of the twentieth century transformed politics and
Shortly after the Springfield area’s most visible and arguably influential media source became a potential benefactor in the area’s competition to build a casino, The Boston Globe lamented that the area was losing a key voice in the debate. The Republican had promised to limit