Into the Hornet's Nest

by | Feb 2, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal

Obama is often a frustrating figure, embracing policies put into place by his predecessor and refusing to take strong stands for civil liberty. But I have to hand it to him for one thing–walking directly into the Republicans' camp and taking questions. That...

Unexpected

by | Feb 2, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows

Maybe it’d sound a little less lowbrow to say that I decided to watch the new television show, Life Unexpected, because I wanted to write about it. The basic plotline is this: nearly sixteen year-old girl tries to get emancipated from the foster care system...
StageStruck: Swimming the Undercurrents

StageStruck: Swimming the Undercurrents

by | Feb 2, 2010 | Stage

Seven years ago this month, Spalding Gray, who revolutionized the monologue form with Swimming to Cambodia and other intensely personal performance pieces, and who had suffered from depression all his life, stepped off the Staten Island ferry into the waters of New...

Imperium Watch: Plight of the Honey Bee

by | Feb 2, 2010 | News

An Environmental Protection Agency memo written last November goes a long way toward solving the mystery of honey bee colony collapse disorder. It also provides a snapshot of the conflict between corporate interests and the natural world that’s one of the major...