Commentary
The next episode of that reality TV show known as The GOP Bumper-Car Presidential Campaign is this Saturday, Feb. 4 — the Nevada primary. So we have...
Speeding down the roadway of life, warning signs posted along the way give us an indication of what lies ahead. One signpost in particular lies so...
On Sunday afternoon, Occupy Wall Street-Martha’s Vineyard held its first general assembly at Howes House in West Tisbury. The purpose of the...
Once upon a time, ever so long ago, there were machines called typewriters. In my Minnesota high school there was a room where many typewriters...
deep sorrow
Editors, Vineyard Gazette
My spirit was bent over double in the spring of 2004 when I walked into Edgartown Books on Main street, which last week announced it is closing. At...
On Jan. 15 more than 90 people gathered at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center for an afternoon of videos, music and discussions about the Occupy...
By TODD FOLLANSBEE
He was calling from the police station and he was crying. We had a bad connection, but it sounded as if he were in some awful trouble up in Canada...
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted...
The year is 2008. Georgette drives the van from Montgomery to Selma on U.S. Route 80. As it leaves the city and heads through the country, the...
There was a time in America when debate mattered. It was a period when declamation was standard fare of a youngster’s education, when people knew...
