The World This Week: Good Guys Finish Last

by | Oct 25, 2007 | News

There seems to be an unwritten and immutable rule in American politics that the candidate who stands little or no chance of being elected gets to tell the truth. This holds as true on the local level—where the town crank calls out the evil mega-buck Potter...

Imperium Watch: The Press vs. the Posse

by | Oct 25, 2007 | News

By a margin almost incredible in these polarized times—398-21—the U.S. House has passed a bill protecting the rights of journalists not to reveal confidential sources. Fifty media organizations, including the Advocate's corporate parent, Tribune...
How Not to Save Old Main (Part Two)

How Not to Save Old Main (Part Two)

by | Oct 25, 2007 | News

This is the second part of a two-part story. The first part of "How Not to Save Old Main" can be found here.It took Save Old Main several weeks to regroup after the presentation. Many of us were surprised by the coolness of their rejection. All we wanted was...

NightCrawler: Hi-Decibel Haunts

by | Oct 25, 2007 | Music

Ah, autumn in New England, the Nightcrawler’s favorite era of the annum, awash in spooks and kooks masquerading as things they are not in the never-ending quest for bags of loot.And that’s just the election process.Prior to the big Nov. 6 poll dance, of...
Book a Visit

Book a Visit

by | Oct 25, 2007 | Leisure

Visiting a writer's house museum offers an ambulatory version of the pleasures of reading. Drawn inside the world of another's making, we find our world becoming more intelligible, more our own. Restored writers' houses are easy to find: over 70 museums...