A tribute to Senator Kennedy from an author who got to know him through thirty-year-old transcripts. Read more →

In the second installment of a two-part post, David W. Moore looks at the historical lessons Democrats should heed in the mid-term elections. Read more →

Polling expert David Moore turns a skeptical eye on polls predicting a too-sunny future for the Democrats. Read more →

The author of Big-Box Swindle looks at the environmental arguments in favor of small, locally-owned neighborhood shops. Read more →

A look at items of interest and recent Beacon press. Read more →

A look at recent evictions in a neighborhood in East Jerusalem, and Israeli efforts to "Judaize" the city. Read more →

Church in the parking lot of a public beach? It's a summertime Holy Hullabaloo. Read more →

A look at recent Beacon Press media. Read more →

The author of Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage looks at recent advances in family law that can help all gay and lesbian parents. Read more →

Poverty and homelessness do not mean that books are pushed aside: a love of reading endures in the face of adversity. Read more →

Kai Wright explores the current conservative backlash and the self-defeating fear at the root of racial anxieties. Read more →

In his latest dispatch from Stone Prairie Farm, Steven Apfelbaum takes to the deep waves of the prairie. Read more →

A look at some items of interest and Beacon media mentions. Read more →

Jeff Sharlet talks about the fundamentalist Christian politicians who call themselves "The Family." Read more →

Frederick S. Lane looks at the Constitutional issues posed by the group of politicians at 133 C Street, otherwise known as "The Family." Read more →

What does a Supreme Court Case about animal cruelty have to do with booksellers? Chris Finan explains the free speech issues at stake in U.S. v. Stevens. Read more →

Our Skeptical Pollster David W. Moore looks at bias in the seemingly objective world of polling. Read more →