Thursday, June 14, 2012

Goldilocks and Local Politics: Why Can't Things Be Just Right?

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[rescued from the drafts folder] June 14 Yesterday, I noted that Middleborough, Massachusetts had brought ridicule down upon its own...
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

@#$%**!!!! Town Meeting!

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Among the critics of Amherst Town Meeting, there are many who accuse it of occupying itself too much with national and global affairs (yes, ...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Lessons from Select Boards Past

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The Select Board learned today that Amherst's privately sponsored Fourth of July Parade will not take place because of rising costs, whi...

Amherst Politics and Podunk

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"`Where is Podunk?' we asked, failing entirely to suppress a quiver of anticipation. "`This is Podunk now,' said th...
Thursday, May 24, 2012

Don't Like Our Town Meeting? It Could Always Be a Lot Worse

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I recently mentioned a new rubric, entitled, " it could always be worse ." Well, it could . This is not to say that we should st...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Town Meeting: A Manner of Speaking (an uncommon House)

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Town Meeting has been a rollicking rollercoaster of a political ride (to paraphrase " Blackadder ") this season. Petition articl...
Monday, May 21, 2012

Hog-Wild (Animals and Politics): More Rural New England Fun

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A story about the town of Goshen in today's Gazette reminds me of some lesser-known facts and lighter moments of Amherst and rural New...
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Town Meeting: Time to Express the Love-Hate

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As noted , I haven't written about specific warrant articles in advance of Town Meeting this year, preferring to deal with them on the ...
Monday, May 14, 2012

To Sing or Not to Sing? My debut piece in the Times of Israel

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As I recently noted , I was recruited to write for the new born-digital newspaper, The Times of Israel , a comprehensive, non-partisan publi...
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Sunday, May 13, 2012

I've Got a New Journalistic Gig

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This business of writing for the web and using other new and social media is an intriguing one: one makes new contacts (even friends) and wi...