Bryan Strawser

Musings from the land of winter & road construction

Category: New England

New Bedford Buries Five Fishermen

New Bedford, Massachusetts, just twenty miles from my home, buried five of their own last week in the worst loss of a fishing vessel in nearly fifteen years: Five fishermen lost at sea when their boat capsized in a storm were remembered as heroes Sunday in a memorial service that also touched on the question [...]

Respect

My first Presidential election that I was eligible to vote in was in 1992. I openly supported – and campaigned for – Bill Clinton and Al Gore. I rapidly became disillusioned with the Clinton/Gore administration – first because of their broken campaign promises in some social areas – later because of their attacks on gun [...]

We’re Partying in Boston