To the Editor: Two STR polls were recently conducted and released to the public and media. Both claim to be “scientific” and “independent.” To be both, the questions must be “direct, clear, simple, and unbiased” and the sample participants must be randomly selected; at least one of them was not. How can someone deeply involved […]
The Sudzha gas monitoring station, reportedly captured by Ukrainian forces on Wednesday as they began their advance into Russia’s southwestern Kursk region, appears to have been destroyed, according to satellite images released by Radio Liberty on Monday. While Russian energy giant Gazprom, which owns the plant, insists the Sudzha plant is still operating normally, satellite […]
Although smartphones have, unsurprisingly, become as indispensable in modern warfare as in most other areas of life, a law signed by Vladimir Putin on Thursday allows commanders to punish subordinates caught using their smartphones on the front lines in Ukraine with up to 10 days in guard detention. Pro-war Russian bloggers, however, have derided the […]
According to an Emerson College poll funded by the political action group ACK•Now, 70 percent of Nantucket residents support at least some restrictions on short-term rentals, while only 25 percent say there should be no restrictions. There is a significant gap in support for short-term rental (STR) restrictions by income level: 90 percent of islanders […]
