by Pleun Clara Bouricius | Oct 31, 2013 | The Public Humanist
Sir Salman Rushdie has come to stand, in almost clichéd ways, for freedom of speech: we may agree with him or not, but we want to defend his right to say it. But should we agree? I am not a reader of Rushdie novels, of which the style is usually more...
by Caleb Rounds | Oct 31, 2013 | Talk Dirt to Me
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, we now have a wood stove to help induce narcoleptic states in the adult human and feline residents. We used it for the first time a few weeks ago when the evening temperature hinted at a cold night. The household hangers-on gathered...
by Michael Cimaomo | Oct 31, 2013 | Northeast Underground
Known to Western Mass music fans as a popular live act, the local Afro-beat group Shokazoba (check out a 2012 Valley Advocate cover story this writer wrote on the band here) received an unpleasant surprise at Hampshire College Friday. Prior to the band’s...