597 BC – Babylonians capture Jerusalem, and replace Jeconiah with Zedekiah as king. 1621 – Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, “Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset.” 1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29. 1815 – Prince Willem proclaims himself King of […]
Archives for March 16, 2017
Impacted Wisdom Truth
RE: BroadsheetDAILY March13, 2017 Impacted Wisdom Truth To the editor: Question: Would it not make more sense to have such a tax go into a special infrastructure fund dedicated to serve a district rather than just earmarked for schools? It is obvious that not only schools are impacted by residential development: Fire; transportation, sanitation, water, […]
The Art of the Matter
The social commentator Cleveland Amory once posited a corollary to Gresham’s Law (the economics axiom that debased coinage drives sound money out of circulation, because folks horde the latter while continuing to offer the funny money for payment), but his version was about fashionable addresses. It went something like this: artists come first, setting up […]