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From Fox 10 News in Boston: Boston's Democratic mayor has come under fire after she sent out invitations for a holiday party intended only for minority city councilors. Michelle Wu, the city's first Asian American mayor, recently had her aide, Denise DosSantos,
Paying Up
I've noticed that companies that bill me, from auto to department stores, credit cards to insurance, often use non-first class letters ("pre-sorted," etc..) which slows down delivery in a postal service already slowing down even it's fastest delivery. The due
You Shouldn’t Have Went There
I heard a college student interviewed about graffiti, on camera, say to the reporter, "I don't see no graffiti." I remember when that kind of poor grammar would have been corrected in grammar school. And then a "guest judge" I couldn't
Letter Imperfect: Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow, nor brains….
Every single postal manager in Rhode Island would be fired if he or she provided the same level of performance in the private sector. They don't return calls or respond to letters of complaint. One gave me a non-working number on
It’s Hard to Lose A Realty License I Guess
We ran into an unethical realtor a few years ago in Pt. Pleasant, NJ: Paul Ward. We skipped renting there the next year because of his behavior, reneging on his rental agreements. Since then, he's been arrested for arson for allegedly
Rain, Snow, Gloom of Night Ignored: The Silence of the Postal Service
I complained to the local postmaster that we weren't getting daily mail. I knew this because the post office informs me electronically about what mail I have that day, but sometimes nothing at all would not show up in the
Censoring A Book Review
Elin Hilderbrand has a new book called Five Star Weekend. In my view, it's awful, not at all up to her earlier work, predictable, with paper-thin characters and a dumb plot. You may disagree with me, most people do according to the
The Danger of Pyramids
Ponzi Schemes, pyramid schemes, network marketing, multi-level marketing: The phrases keep changing to make the deal sound more respectable. But when you're simply selling memberships and products are ancillary, and when by the eighth round of new "agents" or "dealers"
Evolution or Not?
Apparently, long ago in Africa, rival tribes would line up their fiercest warriors on a hill, armed with spears and shields, and would shout insults at their enemies on the next hill, who would reciprocate. After a decent amount of
Who’s Ready to Take Over for Me?
Once upon a time, a baseball pitcher was expected to pitch the entire game unless the manager removed him because of a poor performance. In 1965, for example, Sandy Koufax's record was 28-8, with 27 complete games. He is, by