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Self-intervention
I admit that I am powerless over the Internet. There, I’ve said it. They say that admitting you have a problem is the first step toward recovery. I wish it were that easy. I thank my higher power that I don’t have a smartphone. I’d be one of those people at social events with my […]
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Tags: adiction, Internet, Internet addiction, Jon Stewart, Mark Sardella, net addiction, online, Scott Brown, smartphone, smartphones, tweet, Twitter, Wakefield Daily Item
Two Guys From Wakefield
Things are looking up for two of Wakefield’s most favored political sons, Scott Brown and Richard Tisei. Brown had a good debate Monday night at UMass Lowell. They’ll never admit it, but you could tell that the Elizabeth Warren people thought she lost because they were complaining bitterly about moderator David Gregory. The side that […]
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Tags: Congress, congressman, election, Elizabeth Warren, John Tierney, MA, Mark Sardella, Richard Tisei, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Scott Brown, Senate, senator, Tea Party, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Massachusetts
Pot Law Takes a Hit
When the Board of Selectmen last week moved to use zoning to nip in the bud any chance of a medical marijuana dispensary opening in Wakefield Massachusetts, they were not alone. Many Massachusetts cities and towns have put in motion measures to stem the possibility of a pot store opening in their communities. This widespread […]
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Extreme Moderates
“Why are there no moderate Republicans?” That’s the lament we hear with increasing frequency from some quarters as the fall election season heats up. Meanwhile, many of the same people who decry this supposed lack of moderation are working overtime to paint a couple of true moderates as “extreme.” Last year, Congressional Quarterly ranked Scott […]
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War is hell, and in Bill Cain’s “9 Circles,” Iraq War veteran Private Daniel Reeves must descend through his own inferno in order to arrive at his only shot at redemption. But are all of the demons he encounters in this hell of his own making? That’s the question that he – and the audience […]
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Tags: 9 Circles, Amanda Collins, atrocities, atrocity, Bill Cain, drama, Eric C. Engel, Gloucester Stage Company, Iraq War, Jimi Stanton, Mark Sardella, play, review, soldier, theater, theatre, war, Will McGarrahan
As you read this, I’m hoppin’ a freight train box car and heading out to Britt, Iowa for the National Hobo Convention. It’s no joke. There really is a National Hobo Convention. It’s been held in Britt, Iowa on the second weekend in August since 1900. “The National Hobo Convention,” the description goes, “celebrates current […]
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Through August 12, 2012 On those occasions when great writing, stunning performances and superb direction collide on stage, the result can be a theatrical experience from which it can take a while to come down – for the audience as well as the actors. The current Gloucester Stage Company production of Athol Fugard’s “Master Harold”… […]
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