The news in short form

adamg — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:46:44 +0000

Mats Tolander has a career at USA Today ahead of him - check out his summary of that coot-vs-teens fight down in Taunton (but also click on the link to the Globe story to see how it's not quite the black-and-white incident it first seemed to be).

How smart are we?

adamg — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:38:48 +0000

According to Morgan Quitno Press, we are wicked smaht, almost as smart as Vermonters. But Karl wonders:

... How smart could we be if we build towns that are protected by 173 year old wooden dams? Is it just me, or is anybody else shocked to realize that most dams in this state are privately owned (and barely inspected)? I mean, how does a single person own something that could essentially wipe out an entire community? What a liability (and, I'd assume, insurance issue). Wouldn't that individual be responsible for the damage? Hell, if you don't shovel your sidewalk you can get sued. ...