A Menace to Society

A Menace to Society

by | Dec 11, 2008 | Stage

It begins in 1963, with a woman bleeding to death in a hallway of Harlem Hospital, the victim of an attempted coat-hanger abortion. Bill Baird, a 31-year-old medical researcher, witnessed that horrible, unnecessary death. The experience, he now says, made him into an...

The World This Week: Giving Till It Hurts

by | Dec 11, 2008 | News

To give is to receive, they say, and I don't doubt it. For example, every time I give money to an organization, I receive a note thanking me for my donation and asking me to give more money, in the convenient pre-stamped envelope. Is there an echo in here? Or is...

Between the Lines: Do Not Resuscitate

by | Dec 11, 2008 | News

In the epic primary battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, I chose Obama.It is true that I found Clinton's stump style very annoying, that Obama was honey to her vinegar, that she never seemed able to disagree without being disagreeable. Still, it...

Imperium Watch: “The Preferred Future”

by | Dec 11, 2008 | News

The Jurassic Park that is the Detroit auto industry as we've known it—the gas-guzzler-building oligarchy that thinks what's good for it is good for everybody—is doomed, bailout or no bailout. It's doomed because too many people have caught on...
Virtual Tour of the former Strathmore Mill

Virtual Tour of the former Strathmore Mill

by | Dec 11, 2008 | News

The former Strathmore Mill in Turners Falls, Massachusetts is currently under development by the Swift River Group to become a digital media production studio and institute. Below are links to a 17-panorama tour of the former paper mill. Each panorama permits visitors...