On this day in 1778. As the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities reminds us, Bathsheba Spooner, 32 years old and five months pregnant, was hanged in Brookfield. The baby was not her husband's and Spooner was fearful of his reaction … [Read more...]

The zombie hand of America's undead, its corporations, rose in a power salute over Washington after the Supreme Court's other major announcement today: companies, for the first time in 96 years, are now free to set minimum prices under some … [Read more...]

I'd just like to follow up, disgracefully late, on Charley's excellent write-up of our May chat with State Treasurer Tim Cahill.The majority of our conversation focused on Cahill's spring visit to India as an Eisenhower Fellow. The … [Read more...]

Glory days at the apogee of American power in the heart of New Rome. People with a lot of time on their hands -- the commercial cousins, I suppose, of us political bloggers -- have been camping out in front of the Apple Store on 5th Avenue … [Read more...]

The crucially important voters of Iowa got one message loud and clear from the rise of Al Qaeda from bases in Sudan and later Afghanistan: poverty-stricken people in foreign countries can cause big problems for the U.S.As recent Kennedy … [Read more...]

The syndicated talker Neal Boortz chuckles at the human collision along an advanced border fence. ?I don?t care if Mexicans pile up against that fence like tumbleweeds in the Santa Ana winds,? he said on Monday. And two hosts of something … [Read more...]

  Final 6 performances of "Jimmy Tingle's American Dream" in Boston Thru June 2007!See it before it's gone!Discount to BMG readers:  $5 Off each ticket in your party when you print and present this page to the theater's Box … [Read more...]