by Dan Gordon | Dec 26, 2007 | The Public Humanist
The most famous words in American culture are these: “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” The phrase, of course, is from the Declaration of Independence. But what did “happiness” mean for Thomas Jefferson?Democracy gives us the right...
by Mark Roessler | Dec 26, 2007 | News
It appears that at least 30 minutes of the December 6, 2007 Northampton City Council meeting were staged and deliberations were conducted in bad faith, with the vote's outcome prearranged. During that time, the Council voted to amend a resolution they'd only...
by our readers | Dec 26, 2007 | News
Don’t Blame NaderIn “Bali Low” [Dec. 20, 2007], Alan Bisbort asserts that “Ralph Nader… threw the [2000] election to Bush.” I would like to challenge the premise of his assertion on several statistical and electoral grounds. These...
by Stephanie Kraft | Dec 26, 2007 | News
Before the presidential election of 2004, the Advocate Newspapers ran a short weekly feature entitled Ejection ’04, which offered a reason a week why the country needed to oust George Bush from the White House. Though Bush was the target, the writers of Ejection...
by Gary Carra | Dec 26, 2007 | Music
The Michael Vick Award for Excellence in Canine Combat: Relax, PETA-philes, this has nothing to do with actual animal cruelty and everything to do with Western Mass.' supremacy in the Bodog Battle Of The Bands contest. Of course, as illustrated by the Dec.6...