by Larry Hott | Feb 22, 2010 | The Public Humanist
According to the A.C. Nielsen Co., the average American watches more than 4 hours of TV each day (or 28 hours/week, or 2 months of nonstop TV-watching per year). In a 65-year life, that person will have spent 9 years glued to the tube. I broke up with my television...
by James Heflin | Feb 22, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Having recently reconnected with an old friend from Wales, I've felt the need to get up to speed on the intriguing subspecies of English spoken in the far reaches of the British Isle. Welsh is itself a fearsome Celtic language, and gives the Welsh a distinctive,...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Feb 22, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
Thursday evening, I probably reached the pinnacle of my personal 2010 Winter Olympics fever. I mean, so many stories wowed me by then: speed skater Shani Davis winning gold—if you didn’t know this before, he is the first African American to win Winter...
by On Springfield | Feb 22, 2010 | On Springfield
Springfield social justice activists will hold a “Stand Out Against Police Brutality” on Thursday, Feb. 18, from 2 to 3 p.m. outside the city bus station at 1776 Main St. Participants will call for city officials to create an effective and accountable...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Feb 22, 2010 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
One of the reasons I branched out from having MAID be just about masculinity issues is that it's more fun to be able to pop off about whatever comes to mind on a given day. Another, though, is that it started to feel like everything I had to say had been said....