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Firearms of Fear, Crosses of Incredulity, Constitutional Creations
Reflections on a 2nd Amendment Rally LES MACK Midday on June 17, 2017, I arrived at Swift River Sportsman’s Club for the 4th Annual Flag Day Second Amendment Rally and BBQ dinner in Belchertown. At the checkpoint I received an event program and a simple, terse welcome. Beyond, the dirt road ended in a parking […]
Welcome to Gun Town
TED McCOY The foundations of Springfield, MA, rest in no small part on guns. George Washington established the first U.S. armory there in 1777, which produced weapons for American military forces during every American military conflict from the Revolutionary War through Vietnam. At its World War II peak, the Armory employed over 10,000 workers […]
Changing How We Report the Heroin Epidemic
ROMAN NICHOLAS The articles are becoming more and more frequent. They’ve been popping up weekly across publications from Northern Maine to Western Ohio, particularly over the past five years: Heroin in New England, More Abundant and Deadly,” in 2013; “Drugs, Death, and Despair in New England” in 2016; and just last month, the widely acclaimed […]
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