by Hayley Wood | Mar 6, 2014 | The Public Humanist
Editor’s Note: A few weeks ago, my husband Mark Roessler wrote a food piece for The Valley Advocate on the meat pies sold at the newish bakery on Main Street, Northampton, Tart. The son of two Australians and someone who has been to Australia and England a...
by Greg Liakos | Mar 17, 2014 | The Public Humanist
In 2000 Berkshire County Juvenile Court Justice Paul Perachi approached Kevin Coleman and his colleagues at Shakespeare & Co. in Lenox with a bold idea. The judge, a former high school principal, had seen Shakespeare & Co.’s success with his students....
by John Freedman | Mar 27, 2014 | The Public Humanist
Remember Dick Cheney insisting it wasn’t torture to pour water over a man’s face in such a way that he thinks he is drowning? President George Bush, Jr., proclaiming “mission accomplished”? Embedded news correspondents filing enthusiastic...
by James Heflin | Mar 31, 2014 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Ever checked out the Hieronymous Bosch painting “The Garden of Earthy Delights”? Not one for spawning sweet dreams. We’re talking mangled people, half-animal monstrosities, all manner of disgusting detritus realized on a sprawling, impressive scale....
by Caleb Rounds | Mar 2, 2014 | Talk Dirt to Me
April may be the cruelest month, but February doesn’t bestow wanton kindness. Even on clear days the sun doesn’t withholds heat and on most days it strains to break the clouds. This deprives us of the opportunity to synthesize vitamin D, and brings on...