by Advocate Staff | Dec 21, 2016 | Articles, News
In this week’s Advocate chat, we wanted to discuss that lovable group of people whose votes actually count — the Electoral College! Has its time to go the way of other outdated American institutions (i.e. slavery) finally come? As always, the chat has been...
by The Daily Hampshire Gazette editorial board | Dec 19, 2016 | Articles, Between the Lines, News, Newsletter
The marketing teams of white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups have been busy. Rather than give up their hateful views — misogyny, racism, anti-Semitism — they’re trying to scrub themselves clean of the stink by adopting another name — the “alt-right.”As the New York...
by Advocate Staff | Dec 19, 2016 | Articles, News, Newsletter
If you’ve never checked out Western Mass Missed Connections on Craigslist, you really should. The forum is filled with wistful glances, hopeful romantics, and some great drama. The following is a compilation from last week’s forum posts, with the date of...
by Chuck Shepherd | Dec 19, 2016 | Articles, News, News of the Weird, Newsletter
Radical Dentistry Radical dentistry was on display in November in London’s Science Gallery, where installations offered “art-science collaborations” — including Taiwan artist Kuang-Yi Ku’s “Fellatio Modification Project.” Former dentist Ku, complaining that textbooks...
by Advocate Staff | Dec 19, 2016 | Articles, Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): NPR’s Scott Simon interviewed jazz pianist and songwriter Robert Glasper, who has created nine albums, won a Grammy, and collaborated with a range of great musicians. Simon asked him if he had any frustrations — “grand ambitions” that people...
