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Walking for a nuclear-free future — for 40 years

Walking for a nuclear-free future — for 40 years

by Dave Eisenstadter | Aug 7, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News

Jun Yasuda, known to many as Jun San, has been actively opposing nuclear weapons and nuclear energy for decades, having walked across the country eight times in protest. Born in Japan, Yasuda, 70, now lives in New York State, near the Grafton Peace Pagoda, a Buddhist...
Editorial: Paying Homage to the Nuclear Resistance

Editorial: Paying Homage to the Nuclear Resistance

by Dave Eisenstadter | Aug 7, 2019 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News

Seventy-four years ago this week, the United States did the unconscionable: we dropped nuclear weapons on two cities — Hiroshima and Nagasaki — killing and maiming hundreds of thousands of people, and vastly increasing the rates of cancer and other radiation-linked...
Bizarro Briefs Podcast: Loose yaks, stolen dentures, and hair farms for rich people

Bizarro Briefs Podcast: Loose yaks, stolen dentures, and hair farms for rich people

by Dave Eisenstadter | Aug 1, 2019 | Articles, Bizarro Briefs, Featured, Podcast

Valley Advocate editor Dave Eisenstadter and Hits 94.3 host Trumpy talk about the week’s weird news in a podcast version of the Valley Advocate’s Bizarro Briefs section. Hear about loose yaks, stolen dentures and hair farms for rich people. You can hear more of the...
Bizarro Briefs Podcast: Loose yaks, stolen dentures, and hair farms for rich people

Bizarro Briefs Podcast: Seagull steals dog, asking someone out with a bomb threat, and a port-a-potty disaster

by Dave Eisenstadter | Jul 24, 2019 | Articles, Bizarro Briefs, Featured, News, Podcast

Valley Advocate editor Dave Eisenstadter and Hits 94.3 host Trumpy talk about the week’s weird news in a podcast version of the Valley Advocate’s Bizarro Briefs section. Hear about five guys getting arrested at a Five Guys, why you shouldn’t cut on...
Easthampton’s Artisan Welder: Michael Poole’s work inspires whimsy and reflection

Easthampton’s Artisan Welder: Michael Poole’s work inspires whimsy and reflection

by Dave Eisenstadter | Jul 24, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Featured

In some ways, it all started with pothole season. “People were on the Easthampton Facebook page complaining about the potholes. None of it is new, but then it took this turn about how the DPW (Department of Public Works) sucks and nobody is doing anything about it.”...
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