by From Our Readers | Jun 30, 2015 | Letters from our Readers, News
Let freedom explode In addition to New York, in the past 10 years or so, the following states have liberalized their laws relative to the sale and use of consumer fireworks: Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Utah....
by From Our Readers | Jul 8, 2015 | Letters from our Readers, News
Listen up, lady writers, let a man explain Editor’s Note: This comment appeared online at www.valleyadvocate.com under the article “Stories From All Directions: Tackling the gender gap in publishing.” Where women miss out [in getting their writing published] is in...
by From Our Readers | Jun 23, 2015 | Letters from our Readers, News
The S-word Bernie Sanders’ presidential candidacy has brought the “s-word”— socialism — back into the American political vocabulary. But what does it actually mean? Dictionary definitions are useless. Tea partiers call President Obama a socialist. The third letter in...
by From Our Readers | Jun 16, 2015 | Arts, Letters from our Readers, News
This week instead of letters, the Advocate is featuring Facebook comments recently posted on our page. You all are poignant and hilarious; keep commenting and sharing. Everyone else, like us on Facebook and join the discussion. Sometimes protesting is a lonely job....
by Nancy Bryant | Jun 9, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Leisure, News, Wellness
My favorite walk is around my backyard. Although this may seem rather common, my yard is still new to me and very much an evolving space. Four years ago my backyard was a dense forest filled with pines, oaks, and poison ivy. The thick trees were covered with poison...
