Events 1-27-11
Author Chip Bishop will discuss and sign copies of his new book, The Lion and the Journalist , at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 31 at the Brewster Ladies’ Library, 1822 Main St. The book follows the story of President Theodore Roosevelt and Joseph Bucklin Bishop, the newspaperman who was the president’s biographer.
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Buying locally appears to be making a comeback
They may be the most commonly used and despised three words in the English language: Made in China.Try this game. Go through your house looking at clothing lables. Or go to a department store and look at boxed appliances. Or try looking at your children’s toys. Chances are you won’t be able to do it without finding that many, if not most, of your possessions are not made in America.
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Book Review: The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class by Guy Standing
Book Review: The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class by Guy Standing Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 04:51 p.m., Sunday, January 15, 2012 There's lots of fascinating statistics, facts and anecdotes, and the idea of the precariat - while already well ...
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Citizen of the Year winners named
AS those snags start to sizzle and you take in the sea of Aussie flags in our region’s parks, you know there’s a sense of celebration in the air.
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