| Kennedy’s influence debated
As Sen. John McCain continues his push that keeps leaving Mitt Romney in his wake, the Democrats refuse to take a backseat in any political drama.That was proven this past Monday when Sen. Edward M. Kennedy threw his full support into the Barack Obama camp.If there's any name that resonates in 21st Century American politics, it's Kennedy. Almost a half-century since President Kennedy spoke about passing the torch that inspired a generation, the name still brings cheering crowds.But what about Teddy? Does the senior senator from Massachusetts have the same clout? Obama will find out. .
'Liberated' – Women voters seize the day
As the campaign heads on to the next battlegrounds of Nevada and South Carolina, the issue of race may loom for the first time. Mr Obama has turned his ethnic and cultural background into a rallying point for healing divisions that have long scarred American society. He may, however, face resistance from Hispanic voters in Nevada on January 19, many of whom – according to one Clinton confidant – remain implacably hostile to African-Americans. Some commentators suggested that Mr Obama’s New Hampshire defeat, despite opinion polls giving him a huge lead, may have been a consequence of the "Bradley effect". Tom Bradley, a black Democratic candidate for the California governorship in 1982, was ahead in polls only to suffer a surprise upset. Political scientists suggested that some voters chose a white candidate after saying they would vote for a black one.
Local jazzman steps into Bach spotlight
Michael O'Neill's name is typically associated with Cetrella, where he books the weekly jazz music.Now O'Neill has joined a small and select group of local residents - along with Montara vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson - who will appear in concert on the small, intimate but storied stage of a Coastside legend, the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society.O'Neill, his quintet, and special guests will perform a jazz concert at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27 at the Bach, located at the Douglas Beach House on Miramar Beach. Admission to the concert is $30 at the door.Joining O'Neill on the Bach stage are quintet members John R. Burr of Pleasanton on piano, Sam Bevan of Alameda on bass, Deszon Claiborne of San Francisco on drums and Steve Campos of Fremont on trumpet and fluegelhorn.But some special guests will join them too.Those include Kenny Washington of San Francisco, known for his fluid, versatile and powerful vocals over a range of four octaves.
2007:The year in review
Jan. 2 - One woman is dead, a man is blinded and others hospitalized after suffering methyl alcohol poisoning from drinking punch stored in a used windshield washer fluid container near Erieau.
Jan. 5 - An alleged member of a Toronto street gang, The Gatorz, is arrested after a search of a South Windsor home uncovers marijuana, crack, and a two-foot Cayman alligator, the gang's symbol.
Jan. 18 - Former Windsor chief administrative officer Hilary Payne is charged with two counts of arson by negligence in the January 2006 fire that seriously injured two people. Payne owned the home where the fire occurred. .
Fatalities plague holiday
A Big Clifty teen died after a one car accident on Sunday evening, December 23. According to a sheriff's report,18-year old Anthony Kerr was driving west on Hwy 54 and attempted to pass a vehicle at a high rate of speed on around 5:30 p.m. Kerr met on oncoming vehicle and attempted to cut back in front of the vehicle he was passing. The teen over corrected the green 1994 Chevrolet Beretta and lost control of the vehicle, reported sheriff deputy Mike Minton. The Beretta left the roadway on the left hand side and hit a utility pole splitting it into three pieces and then the vehicle over turned several times. Kerr was ejected from the Beretta at some point in the accident and the vehicle came to a final rest on top of the youth, added Minton.
GREENWALD: THE BEST FILMS I SAW LAST YEAR — PART ONE Old and new ...
In December, Hollywood releases close to two-dozen movies — from dumbed down family films, to high profile action and adventure pix, to serious, Oscar-hopeful dramas, to quirky independent pictures. Critics rush to see them all, up to two or three a day in special critics-only screenings. They write hurried reviews of the good and bad, and then figure out where the movies fit into their end-of-year top-10 lists. It's exhausting.Me, I just see the movies I want, and I don't limit myself to new releases. Instead, I take in new, old, silent, classic, foreign and independent films in theaters, on cable and on DVD. Some new films I miss, usually because they're playing in a handful of "selected" cities, which means "selected to play nowhere near where you live." If I miss one of those pictures, I'll catch up with it eventually in theaters or on DVD.My annual "best of" columns run this week and next.
MAKING BIG STRIDES AT BC Souhegan's Lapham, BG's Spinney in position ...
While the Division I college players that he's faced in practice so far are much bigger, stronger and faster than those he lined up opposite at the Division II high-school level, Spinney, whose two grandfathers both played in the NFL, is confident that he is up to the challenge. And with the Eagles graduating four key seniors from their offensive line this spring, both Lapham and Spinney are hungrily eyeing possible starting roles on BC's 2008 roster. "Spots are opening up," Lapham confirmed. "So, I do think I have a good chance of taking one of those spots, be it left tackle or somewhere else; we'll see." The left tackle spot is usually the most important position on the offensive line, as University of Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan could attest. The left tackle protects a right-handed quarterback's "blind-side" from the most agile and ferocious pass rushers in the game.
2 major Catholic schools planned
Pius X who attended the announcement. "We're excited," he said. The Hilltown site, in upper Bucks County, will be a new home for Lansdale Catholic High School, in Montgomery County. Archdiocesan officials hope to begin work on that 63-acre parcel in the summer of 2010 and open the school in the fall of 2012. A similar suburban strategy paid off with the archdiocese's last high school construction project in 1998, when Bishop Shanahan High School was moved from West Chester to a $30 million facility in Downingtown. "Bishop Shanahan is a great success story for us," McFadden said. "We built the school for 1,200 [students] with the ability to expand. . . . Less than a year and a half later, we had to put the addition on it." With the Royersford and Hilltown sites, officials said, a Catholic high school should be within a 10-mile radius of every Catholic family in the archdiocese.
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