Uruguay Is the Next India
Thomas Friedman is on a roll. He’s just plain right about using sugar cane ethanol (and rolling back our prohibitive tax) and now finds something to celebrate about Uruguay. Four years later, TCS Iberoamerica can’t hire workers fast enough. When I visited its head office, people were working on computers […]
Clinton’s Global Initiative Brings ’em Together
In New York, big things are happening at the ex-prez’ gathering of luminaries. Here is an account of a late afternoon session today. “Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Fernando Cardoso (former president of Brazil) and Hernando de Soto, the visionary economist from Peru. Clinton proudly announces “we are on schedule!” Then […]
Pie in the Sky Hydrogen? Or Plug-in Hybrid Cars
The AP reported today about plug-in hybrid cars, that dramatically improve mileage–and the car companies are not yet interested. “Toyota and other car companies say they are worried about the cost, convenience and safety of plug-in hybrids ? and note that consumers haven’t embraced all-electric cars because of the inconvenience […]
One Day on the Turnpike Changed Everything
Reading Sheryl Hunter’s ‘Sounds Local’ column in the Recorder’s Arts and Entertainment magazine and came across a story about a band called The Kennedys. At one time Pete Kennedy was a member of Nanci Griffith’s touring band, and Maura his wife was in a band called the Delta Rays; they […]
"Don’t be a Smartass, Bernie!"
My meeting with the selectboard in Deerfield went well. All three members expressed enthusiasm for our nascent farmer’s market plan. But it took forever to get to my turn, and that gave me a chance to watch the town’s finance committee in somulent action. God, how long these committees take […]
Jokester Does It His Way at the End
Jim Schinneller did not request to run a photo of the back of his head with his death notice in Sunday’s paper. Jim, a retired University of Wisconsin art professor, died at home Sept. 9 at age 81. It was an aneurysm. He went fast. The Journal Sentinel in Milwaukee’s […]
Farm market pitched in Deerfield
Patrick O’Connor of the Recorder published an article about an exciting plan we are hatching for downtown South Deerfield. The story also ran in the Daily Hampshire Gazette this morning. SOUTH DEERFIELD – A local businessman wants to bring a farmers market to town. ”I want to celebrate the fact […]
Peter Heller’s Latest Adventure
Today we’re introducing something new on the GoNOMAD home page. I’ve hired Joshu, a local webmaster, to help me introduce feeds on our front page. So that each of our eight blogs that are linked there will show the titles of most recent posts. That way our front page is […]