Notes of upcoming events: The next Control Board meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, August 21 at Springfield City Hall in room 220. A...

I put the following in the column I write for the newspapers I edit in the hopes of soliciting a response from the writer in defense of my ...

"In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied often to prayer....

Please could some Republican out there explain the following to me? MassGOP Honors Governor Mitt Romney Boston, MA - The Massachusetts Rep...

Here's an interesting poll from the Zogby people about how we view our bosses and the workplace. The theme of the report centers around ...

Now I've been to various media seminar and trade shows, but none provide the hard information and truly thought-provoking material like...

Blues legend Johnny Winter will be appearing in Springfield later this summer. A popular whine is there is nothing to do in downtown Sprin...

Over at Heather Brandon's Urban Compass blog , she has posted a story that discusses the Hartford Courant's latest move to right its...

Bonus Sunday posting (for my more substantial one, scroll down). My friend and really good photographer Elizabeth liked my shot of the Chrys...

First a teasey kind of announcement: A group of Western Mass. bloggers – of which I'm proud to say I am a part – have been working a col...

One of my favorite buildings in the world – the Chrysler Building in NYC at dusk. One of the best moments in an otherwise odd little movie, ...

Okay animation and comics fans, head over to Animation Review for a piece on "Persepolis" – soon to come out on DVD – and a talk...

The following is what I wrote for the weeklies I edit on the recent appearance by Sen. John Kerry: "When I looked around the banquet ro...

It's amazing to me that many people refuse to watch silent films or foreign movies because they don't want to deal with subtitles. ...

Take a look over at the links and you'll see two of them pertaining to my new book from Arcadia Publishing coming out on Aug. 25. If you...

Boy, do I get some crap in my role of crusading managing editor of great metropolitan weeklies! Look at this one.... Monday, June 02, 2008 C...

Welcome to the blog of many parts.... First, some unfinished business – here's the photo of Moon's Arch on South Woodstock VT, the d...

My head is still in mini-vacationland, so I will post about John Kerry tomorrow. I love history and oddity, so my affection for the work of ...

It was birthday on Thursday – May 29th, which is also the birthday of Patrick Henry, Bob Hope and JFK. I turned 54 and feel many days like T...

Since I was in talk radio back in the 1980s, I've raised money and – hopefully – awareness locally for the issue of domestic violence. ...