by Dave Eisenstadter | Oct 23, 2019 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News
Two years. That’s how long it’s been that Springfield resident Lucio Perez has been forced to live in sanctuary at the First Congregational Church in Amherst. Before taking the extraordinary step to escape an immoral deportation order — based on a minor charge that...
by Advocate Staff | Oct 23, 2019 | Articles, Bizarro Briefs, Featured, News
A joke from beyond the grave … or in it An Irish man raised the spirits of those attending his funeral by requesting a recording be played of him pretending to be alive in his coffin as it was lowered into the ground. “Hello? Hello. Hello? Let me out!” the recording...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Oct 22, 2019 | Articles, Clueless Parent, Columns, Featured
There’s no getting around it. Halloween is a strange holiday, and it gets stranger the older you get. As a kid, it’s all about heaping an enormous haul of candy any way you can, and hopefully not getting stuck with a dorky costume. Getting slightly older, the prospect...
by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Oct 21, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, The V-Spot
Dear Yana, I had an affair and I feel like the worst person ever and I don’t know what to do. The guy is married with kids and says he’s basically living as roommates with his wife. I think she’s catching on and I want to end it because I feel like the worst person in...
by Rob Brezsny | Oct 21, 2019 | Articles, Astrology, Featured
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “We can’t change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see things differently,” wrote Aries psychologist James Hillman. I agree. And that’s very good news for you Aries people. In my view, you are more attracted to and...