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Bicycles

Margot Sanger-Katz’s Monitor piece “Your Latte is Safe, For the Moment” was a cross between an advertisement and schoolgirl crush on Starbucks.

This week's Off the Page podcast is a chat with Ray Duckler.

The Monitor reporter and columnist talks about his latest columns -- on his mother and the economy -- and what he's working on now.

Just when you think the Monitor editorial staff has come to their senses, reality hits you like foul ball at the baseball park.

I read the latest editorial: “A day to measure the health of democracy” in the Monitor and Ray Duckler’s opinion piece masquerading as a news piece: “In public, he hears whining”.

This week's Off the Page podcast features Monitor reporter Meg Heckman. Meg talks about the reunion held last month for former residents of the Laconia State School, and plans for a project featuring former residents.

The podcasts can be found at: concordmonitor.com/podcasts.

Watching the Celtics Win

This week's podcast features Monitor sports writer Tim O'Sullivan talking about the Celtics' championship team and being at the final, thrilling game of the year.

This week's Off the Page Podcast will feature Monitor reporter Margot Sanger-Katz. She will tell about her Sunday story focusing on Katherine Wieder, who says her illness makes her incompetent to stand trial.

The podcasts can be found at: concordmonitor.com/podcasts.

The has been a concerted effort by the Monitor staff to promote the institution of an income tax in several Editorials and opinion pieces over the past couple of weeks. It started with Mike Pride’s piece “It’s Amendment Season: This To Shall Pass and then escalated on May 6^th with the editorial: “Forget The Amendment; Treat All Students Fairly” and finally on May 15 the editors penned: “Poll Suggests; Higher Property Taxes Likely.”

The Off the Page podcast this week features Monitor business reporter Kate Davidson, sharing advice for first-time home buyers and talking about her new personal finance column for the Sunday Monitor.