Mark McLaughlin gave this speech last month at the Somerville Youth Peace Conference, where more than 400 young people devised priorities for youth organizations to secure jobs and more programs for teens and forge relationships with adults. McLaughlin, 20, works as a bicycle courier in Boston, and with his brothers Matt and Danny formed Save Our Somerville, a neighborhood group …

When your backyard attacks
A rmed with garden gloves and spritzes of bug spray, New Englanders on the suburban front sally forth to battle Mother Nature and her phobia-inducing arsenal — stingers, fangs, and hairy legs.

Web wisdom
For more information on: Lyme disease: umass.edu/tick

Lincoln and Lee at Antietam: The Cost of Freedom
Lincoln and Lee at Antietam: The Cost of freedom The bloodiest battle ever fought on American soil is thoroughly examined in Lincoln & Lee at Antietam: The Cost of freedom, a worthy addition to anyone’s Civil War video collection. Directed and written by Robert Child and narrated by Ronald F. Maxwell (the director of […]

The View from Tehran
“Most Iranians, I believe, share a broad outlook on American foreign policy: they think that Iran is valued only for its vast energy resources and its role in regional politics and that Iranian culture and economic development and the peace, welfare, and basic rights of Iranian citizens are largely irrelevant to American policymakers.”

Researchers urge learning to drive safely with cellphone
Driving while distracted is hardly new. When radios were introduced in Model T Fords in the 1920s, there was a hue and cry that they would lull drivers to sleep. Now, drivers have long fiddled with the radio dial or even changed CDs, but the big new worry is talking on cellphones.

When your backyard attacks
A rmed with garden gloves and spritzes of bug spray, New Englanders on the suburban front sally forth to battle Mother Nature and her phobia-inducing arsenal — stingers, fangs, and hairy legs.

Yesterday’s commencements
University of Massachusetts, Amherst Graduates: 4,000

Grill Alert Talking Remote Thermometer
Grill Alert Talking Remote Thermometer Awarded five stars by Good Housekeeping Magazine, this wireless belt-clip monitor voice-prompts you when your entree is ready from up to 300 feet away. Perfect for the forgetful chef, just insert the stainless steel transmitter probe into the center of the meat; select the type of meat; choose how […]

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