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Town hall hell; private-plan abortions; more tidal power

6:24 PM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Robert Whitcomb    Email

Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank is capable of obnoxiousness but also of refreshing truth-telling, such as when he lashed out at a woman at a meeting in Dartmouth, Mass., on health care. The protester held a poster showing President Obama with......

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 Tags  abortions   Barney Frank   Cape Wind   Ocean Renewable Power   tidal power  

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Wonders of the WPA

5:16 PM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Robert Whitcomb    Email

-- Photo and caption by WILLIAM MORGAN This small brass marker in a Providence sidewalk reminds us of one of the most successful government stimulus packages of all time. Well-built concrete sidewalks were laid or repaired and more than......

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 Tags  Merrit Parkway   WPA  

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Obama in wind-war land

9:47 AM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Robert Whitcomb    Email

For an entertaining read: http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/no_20090819_8739.php......

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N.H. paper may reopen; "World of Our Own''

5:37 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Robert Whitcomb    Email

Good news: Claremont, N.H.'s Eagle Times, which was shut down recently, has attracted two potential buyers and may reopen. The locals, who have found that a Web site is not enough for a real community, are very happy that......

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 Tags  Claremont Eagle Times   The Gunnery   The Taft School  

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Who hung Roger Rabbit's bike?

6:04 PM Mon, Aug 17, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By Robert Whitcomb    Email

-- Photo and comment by CHARLES PINNING Bike Hanging, South Water and Point Streets, Providence. In a grim reminder that the auto industry had not backpedaled on its historically dirty tactics to the gain the upper hand over other......

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More syrup, less golf

5:56 PM Mon, Aug 17, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By Robert Whitcomb    Email

Yet more depraved fooling with Mother Nature. A University of Vermont researcher, Timothy Perkins, of UVM's Proctor Maple Research Center, has come up with a devilish device to keep maple trees oozing sap for up to three weeks more......

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