by Kristin Bumiller | Oct 6, 2009 | The Public Humanist
When the media focused attention on the Cambridge Massachusetts police department this summer it briefly put a spotlight on the practice known as “racial profiling.” Little of that discussion served to inform the broader public about its prevalence or its...
by James Heflin | Oct 6, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
It's good to be back in the saddle. I'm still hacking and I sound terrible, but I'm back to moving dogies along. This flu business–I don't recommend it.And item one on the agenda is something I've been meaning to get to since before I got...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Oct 6, 2009 | Standing In The Shadows
Recently, our local paper has run a couple of stories about quiet givers. One was about Jim Olsen of Whatley’s Signature Sounds label donating the 15 year-old company’s entire collection—83 recordings—to the town’s library. Librarian...