by James Heflin | Feb 18, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Sometimes subject matter and writerly abililty conspire to create the kind of journalism that resonates on many levels and becomes something far more affecting than a mere piece of reporting. Chris Jones, writing in Esquire about Roger Ebert and his cancer-related...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Feb 18, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
Let me try to keep to my inside voice. Evan Bayh announced his retirement from the Senate, rather than seeking a third term he was pretty much assured of securing and doing so days before the deadline to submit signatures to run and despite the pleading of Harry Reid,...
by Chris Rohmann | Feb 18, 2010 | Stage
Imagine this scene: It's 1960, and John F. Kennedy is running for president. In a New York hotel room, he is strategizing with his brother and closest advisor, Robert Kennedy, about courting "the Negro vote." JFK is annoyed that baseball hero Jackie...
by Chris Rohmann | Feb 18, 2010 | Stage
Everyman is the archetype of medieval theater. The 15th-century play follows a typical, flawed human in his search for suitable companions to accompany him on his journey toward death. In the end, the moral is that only Good Deeds will see you successfully into the...
by Our Readers | Feb 18, 2010 | News
Keep Nuke RunningSo the owners and managers of Vermont Yankee cover up problems and downplay risks—this is my surprised face. The solution, however, is not shutting the plant down. What would take its place? A coal plant? Even so-called clean coal is far dirtier...