Letters: What do you think?

Tug of War As the Tea Party descended on Greenfield on July 17, members of the Greenfield and Northampton vigils to end the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan continued their silent protest in Greenfield. Meanwhile, members of the Alliance for Peace and Justice...

Between the Lines: Short-Term Jobs vs. Open Land

The energy crisis and climate change combine to make the problem of achieving a sustainable way of life more pressing every day. That problem generates volumes of stories in the press. But one story that shows how painful it is to do the work of changing expectations,...

ImperiumWatch: Leave the Keys by the Jacuzzi

The New York Times recently pointed out that owners of houses valued at a million dollars or more are defaulting on their mortgages at a higher rate than owners of less expensive homes. One out of 12 owners of homes worth under $1 million are behind with their...

Is Northampton Next?

Should Northampton join the growing list of communities that are boycotting Arizona? That’s the question that will be the table this Thursday, at forum hosted by the American Friends Service Committee of Western Mass. While the AFSC supports a boycott in protest...
CD Shorts

CD Shorts

RangdaFalse Flag(Drag City) The avant-garde supergroup made up of Richard Bishop (Sun City Girls), Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance) and Chris Corsano (Bjork, Evan Parker) conjures all the torment and horror inspired by the Balinese demon-queen it’s named...