ACUTE CASE OF COCKINESS — Springfield’s Mayor Sarno has soiled his reputation across the state with his unwarranted attacks on South Congregational Church for offering sanctuary to a married, undocumented mother of two who was threatened with deportation to her native Peru. Gisella Collazo came to Springfield 17 years ago. After living here for four years,…

YAWKEY WAY NO MORE Two weeks ago Boston’s Public Improvement Commission voted to change the name of Yawkey Way back to its original name, Jersey Street. The offensive signs that became an ever present reminder of the Red Sox racist past under its now-deceased past owner, Tom Yawkey, were removed and replaced on the morning…

WORD OF THE MONTH: Pipsqueak, “…an insignificant or contemptible person or thing…” (Oxford Dictionary) A NOTE TO THE BLIND As a matter of information for the unknowing and still maturing, I have been in contention with Raymond Jordan for legitimate ideological reasons for decades and will remain so for whatever years we have remaining, which…