Archive for May, 2008
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
The not-in-my-backyard attitude is widely disdained. Macro-cosmically, an example might be the Vineyard's opposition to the Oak Bluffs golf course plan of several years ago, and to one of two Edgartown golf course plans that surfaced about the same time. For a variety of reasons - aesthetic, cultural, environmental - ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
The Free Flow of Information Act cleared the House late last year, but its future is hardly assured. Although most of the members of the House supported the measure, and although journalists, news organizations, media of all sorts, and even bloggers – who hope to be included under whatever protections ...
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Sunday, May 4th, 2008
No matter which side you favored, Tisbury's two-vote rejection of beer and wine is less satisfying, and less instructive to the town's leaders, than one might have wished. What's a town official to think? Progressive change or hold the line? Strengthen the business community with tailored incentives and more flexible development rules, ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Words matter, of course. I can't remember which of the two Democrat presidential candidates said that, but nevermind. To them, to most, probably all politicians, words matter as leverage, bargaining tools, links, placeholders, self-revelatory prompts, a kiss.
How else might words matter, really matter. To the novelist, or to the genuine ...
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Doug Cabral is the editor of The Martha's Vineyard Times.
