by James Heflin | Jul 7, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Ah, nationalism! Pass me a heap of the greatest jello the world has ever seen, oh ye huddled masses in your amber waves of grain. Forget counter-insurgency–one cold and jiggly slurp of Aunt Ethel’s ambrosia salad and the Taliban would come whimpering into...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 7, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
The Open Adoption Roundtable is a series of occasional writing prompts about open adoption. It’s designed to showcase of the diversity of thought and experience in the open adoption community. You don’t need to be part of the Open Adoption Bloggers list to...
by On Springfield | Jul 7, 2010 | On Springfield
I’d hoped I’d read the headline wrong: “Red Brick Books—Springfield’s Last Bookstore—hangs in there.”But in truth, I already knew it was true: I’d seen Johnson’s Bookstore, on Main Street, close up shop not longer...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Jul 7, 2010 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
Tomorrow (Wednesday), from noon to 1pm, The Colin McEnroue show on WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio, is doing a show about “the state of men and masculinity in today’s culture” and I’ve been invited to sit on the panel with Christina Sommers who...