BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016) — Carl Michael Yastrzemski. The Man Called Yaz. Number 8. This is the ballplayer who authored what is considered the greatest all-around season in MLB history. We speak, of course, of Yaz’s exploits with the bat and glove in the […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016) — Pittsfield School Committee chair Kathy “Lady Boots” Yon and her group had it. School superintendent Jason “Jake” JIV McCandless and his team had it. School Building Needs Committee co-chair Kathy Amuso and the clan had it. So did the mayor, […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2016) — It made for a deceptively good headline: “Jobs Report Shows Brisk U.S. Hiring in February” (NY Times). The mainstream media across the country gobbled it up, spoon-fed. The report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) comes from the […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEEKEND EDITION, MARCH 4-6, 2016) — “These are a few of my favorite things” — a great song memorably sung by Julie Andrews in My Fair Poppins Mary Lady. Snowflakes on eyelashes, kittens and mittens: You know the deal. Here area few of THE […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016) — The dominant theme in the wake of Donald Trump’s ascendancy has been the panicked reaction of a flummoxed the Republican Establishment, whose plans went awry when Jeb Bush proved about as dynamic as a piece of wet cardboard. The GOP […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2016) — Ta-Da! Today is THE PLANET‘s 1,400th column since Oct. 1, 2010. You say you were beating up a convict who was trying to date your daughter and as a result missed what happened on Super Tuesday? Fear not. THE […]
