The Paramount deserves being saved by a new owner
Earlier this summer, I made a trip to Rome, New York, to attend a multi-day vintage film festival.
And now to the main political event of the fall
So, last Tuesday evening — Primary Election Day — I was at Smokey Joe’s Cigar Lounge, known the world-wide, having my usual Tuesday stogie and a beverage with some of the smartest guys I know and yet despite enjoying myself, I felt like the retired horse that pulled the fire wagon when there was an alarm going. I had an itch, a feeling that I should be in the fray.
Have Constitutional freedoms actually been ‘lost?’
I really get tired of people claiming they have lost their “freedoms” during liberal administrations such as Biden/Harris.
Summer brings back memories of drive-ins and ice cream trucks
It’s interesting — and frustrating — how memory works. I forget why I walked into the kitchen to get something and once I get there I have no idea what my mission was about. Inevitably I have to walk out of the room and walk back into it to dislodge the thought from some closed part of my brain. And yet a whole flood of memories about events from years ago bubble up to the surface.
Memes are no way to pick a candidate to support
To be clear, I have never been in favor of violence being a change agent in politics. I did not post anything gleeful about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, because I was not happy that once again someone has decided to affect a political race with a bullet.
I’m not running for office but I have a wish list for Western Mass.
As I write this column the Springfield Jazz and Roots Festival is just a few days away. It will draw thousands of people to downtown Springfield — as long as the weather holds — making a sizable economic development impact on the region through restaurant and hotel use.