by Brian Glyn Williams | Jan 14, 2010 | The Public Humanist
In the fall of 2009 General Stanley McChrystal, the top US commander in Afghanistan, requested 40,000 additional troops to help fight an increasingly aggressive Taliban insurgency. President Obama agreed in December to send 30,000 troops as part of an Afghan...
by James Heflin | Jan 14, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
I just interviewed Northampton poet James Haug about his most recent book. He is an exceptional poet. Here's one of Haug's poems for your enjoyment (more at this link): GARDNER EXCHANGEIn a field I was overtaken by a conviction that another field lay just...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jan 14, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
I don’t have a working thermometer in my house. I used to have one. In fact, I have the broken, battery-less shell of one to prove it and another broken one, as well. The last old oral mercury thermometer shattered a couple of years ago. Through neglect,...
by Chris Rohmann | Jan 14, 2010 | Stage
Catherine isn’t very nice. She’s snarky, contemptuous, volatile and bitingly sarcastic. She’s not very happy, either. Here she is, on her 25th birthday, drinking alone. Well, not exactly alone. Her father is keeping her company. Her father, a...
by Michael Cimaomo | Jan 14, 2010 | Stage
Just as most New Englanders are settling in for another long winter, a play has arrived that's perfect for a chilly night. John Cariani's Almost Maine takes place under the watchful eyes of the Northern Lights in the fictional community of Almost. The area is...