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In Argentina, it’s a tough time to be a newspaper publisher. That’s because the country’s president, Cristina Kirchner, has gone after the lifeblood of a free press by sending a message to convince grocery store owners not to advertise in papers that disagree with government policy. Mary Anastatia O’Grady writes […]
It was a Sunday driver’s Sunday morning, crisp and clear, while the temperature was stubbornly sticking to the 30s. We were determined to make a beautiful day of it. It was time to head north, shun-piking our way up to Brattleboro. The shun-pikers in colonial times avoided the local taxes […]
I have a lot of great things to say about Amtrak, based on my last two journeys, which took me up the west coast from Bellingham, Washington to Vancouver ,and then back down to Seattle. Everything was lovely, and it was a most comfortable trip. In the news today was […]
I’ve signed up for about a dozen magazine subscriptions after I was offered a chance to trade unused United miles for them. Among them is New York Magazine which included a fascinating piece about the many Chinatown bus lines which have come and gone serving New York and Washington. The […]
Jason Schrieber has been analyzing data, traffic patterns and pedestrian crossings in the village of South Deerfield for the past few months. Tonight he made a presentation to a group of townspeople showing off an impressive plan that his firm, Nelson Nygaard, has put together that would make our town […]
This Friday in Turners Falls, there will be workshops, presentations and a big gathering designed to show people how arts can help a community do well, even with a broken bridge and lots of other problems. It’s the fourth annual Creative Economy Summit, and I will be joining 30 other […]
I was among the 400,000 or so who took in a little Holyoke on Sunday to watch the parade. My perch, at the corner of Appleton and Beech, gave me a great view of the parade doing a turn, and a peanut gallery of local men who kept up a […]
I can’t wait to see Heather Maloney at the Shea Theater this Saturday night, March 16. Combined with dinner at the Voo, with great friends, it should be a really fun night. Tickets still avalable at the door. Here she plays one of her songs, a catchy number called “Flutter.” […]
At the Mount Baker Distillery in Bellingham Washington, owner Troy Smith and family pride themselves in making moonshine the way their great great grandpa Abe did. So they use his visage in all of their packaging, while they hand distill small batches of his recipe Moonshine plus gin and vodka. […]
I always love a city where a sunny day is a cause for celebration. In the Northeast, we’ve always lived that way, we never take a beautiful day for granted. Likewise, and even more so, here in Vancouver, a day with shining sun is a day to get out on […]
Many of the world’s greatest cities are located right on the water. Vancouver’s waterfront is one of its greatest assets with ferries of allsizes crossing many different routes. Yesterday we drove up a little bit north of the city to the lands of the Tsleil Wautuh tribe and met a […]
