by James Heflin | Oct 9, 2008 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Deep thought: McCain has dots for eyebrows.Deeper thought: What was "that one" about? McCain seemed nigh unto unhinged in that moment. What is the antecedent of "one" here? I can’t put a finger on it, but that seemed untoward at best.Deepest...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Oct 9, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
You’re 50 years old, white, male, Italian-Irish Catholic. Your dad was a union man, a Kennedy Dem. He became a contractor in the 70s, went bankrupt in the 80s, which he blamed on “affirmative friggin action,” and died poor, bitter He blamed your bad...
by Tom Sturm | Oct 9, 2008 | Stage
In an effort to rebuild the Shantigar Foundation’s once-magnificent theater barn, foundation members present two stagings of foundation creator Jean-Claude van Itallie’s The Tibetan Book of the Dead (or How Not to Do It Again). A longtime practitioner of...
by From Our Readers | Oct 9, 2008 | News
The Go-To PaperI read with pleasure your 35th anniversary issue. Congratulations! I particularly liked the story on Jordi Herold, who is responsible for so much good music in the Valley. However, it is ironic that the Advocate no longer publishes Iron Horse ads. The...
by Stephanie Kraft | Oct 9, 2008 | News
The term "commander-in-chief" echoes so often in presidential campaign rhetoric these days that we should stop and think about why that is. The term has always been there; it hasn't always been so omnipresent.In this year's election, it seems most...