21st Century Librarians; Losing The Bun And Cardigan
Changes in communication technologies could mean the end of libraries as we know them. Or does it? Hampshire College opened in 1970 — heralding academic innovation. Library director Jennifer Gunter...
View ArticleGeneralized Anxiety Disorder: New Mixture Of Old Therapies Improves Outcomes
People diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder or-G-A-D are frequently treated with a common type of short-term therapy called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. But it might work better if another kind...
View ArticleThe Short List: Delegates Get Busy, Cigs For Kids, Casino Shot Down
What made The Short List This Week? This weekend, more than half of Massachusetts’ delegates to the Republican National Convention will be elected at caucuses around the state. Top Massachusetts...
View ArticleAndrew Bacevich’s New Book: America’s War For The Greater Middle East
In his new book, America’s War For The Greater Middle East, retired Boston University history professor and former Army Colonel Andrew Bacevich chronicles, in depth, decades of U.S. foreign policy....
View ArticleThe Short List: Longmeadow And Guns, Hampden Sheriff’s Debate, Friendly’s Sold
What made The Short List this week? A proposed by-law to regulate guns fails to pass in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. The Hampden County Sheriff’s race continues to be lively. This week the candidates...
View ArticleThe Whole Harmonium: The Life Of Wallace Stevens: Paul Mariani’s Biography
Poet Wallace Stevens, less known than his contemporaries like T.S. Eliot, lived an enigmatic and in many ways ordinary life. That’s according to a new biography by Paul Mariani called The Whole...
View ArticleThe Short List: Taxing (Multi)Millionaires, Courts For Vets, Weld’s VP Dreams
What made The Short List this week? For those of us who make more than a million dollars the Massachusetts legislature has advanced a constitutional amendment to levy a so-called “millionaire’s tax.”...
View ArticleThe Short List: High Speed Trains, UMass Endowment Dumps Fossil Fuels,...
What made The Short List this week? The Massachusetts Senate unanimously approved a study of the feasibility of high speed trains from Springfield to Boston. This week the board that oversees UMass’s...
View ArticleMassachusetts Veteran’s Court Combines Respect And Accountability
Five courts in Massachusetts specifically deal with veterans who get into trouble with the law. The newest opened last November in Holyoke with two participants. Today Judge Laurie Macleod says the...
View ArticleThe Short List: Tornado Anniversary, Uptick In Anti-Semitism, Illegal...
What made The Short List this week? This week the Anti-Defamation League confirmed what for those of us who listen to the news a lot might have noticed. The ADL says it knows of 56 Anti-Semitic acts in...
View ArticleSpringfield’s AHL Team Hires Native Son For Day-To-Day Operations
Owners of Springfield’s new American Hockey League Team team have picked a former AHL marketing executive to lead the franchise. Nathan Costa, who grew up in Springfield, says he knows that filling...
View ArticleMassachusetts Senator Warren’s Trump Bashing, Remembering Ali and Gordie Howe
What made The Short List this week? Massachusetts democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren appeared on Rachel Maddow’s show last night where she endorsed Hillary Clinton. Meanwhile, Warren is keeping...
View ArticleSummer Fiction: Marisa Labozzetta’s ‘Thieves Never Steal In The Rain’
This week’s selection in the Summer Fiction series is “Thieves Never Steal in the Rain,” a short story collection from Northampton, Massachusetts, resident Marisa Labozzetta. The stories follow one...
View ArticleThe Short List: Massachusetts’ Strict Gun Laws, Scrutiny On Sick Time, A Look...
What made The Short List this week? The shooting rampage that killed 49 people in an Orlando gay nightclub has reignited the debate about the need for stricter gun control laws across the country....
View ArticleMassachusetts U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren Makes VP Short List
Massachusetts U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren will campaign in Ohio next Monday with presumptive democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. The announcement comes just after news broke that Warren...
View ArticleThe Short List: Warren V.P. Pick Rumors, Congress Sits In, National Parks...
What made The Short List this week? This week Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren jumped to Hillary Clinton’s VP short list. Democrats in congress have tried to force gun control measures to a vote...
View ArticleHome Equity For Struggling Veterans And Transitional Housing For Women Vets...
An unusual affordable housing development for previously homeless veterans is now open at the VA in Leeds, Massachusetts. The project, modeled after one in Pittsfield, gives tenants a chance to...
View ArticleThe Short List: Doctor’s And Pharma Gifts, School Suspension Report, Local...
What made The Short List this week? Though taking gifts or payments from pharmaceutical companies isn’t illegal it can be against hospital policy. Pro Publica has just released new data. Turns out...
View ArticleThe Short List: A Conversation About Race And Law Enforcement
What made The Short List this week? Are those of us experiencing the latest police violence from a distance bystanders or witnesses? A conversation about race, law enforcement, civil rights movements...
View ArticleUMass Doctor Cycles Across Country To Fight Childhood Obesity
There’s being active for a cause and there’s riding a bike cross country 4000 miles for the cause. UMass Amherst physician Pierre Rouzier is about mid-way. He’s biking across the country to promote a...
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