Politics, Culture and Ideas

featuring Thomas R. Devine

"When you ask "What can I do?" the answer is "SPEAK" (provided you know what you are saying). Speak on any scale open to you, large or small. Do not pass up a chance to express your views on important issues."
Ayn Rand

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CONTENTS

My New Website

All my latest reports.

Correspondence

Do I get mail? Oh boy, do I get mail!

Archives - 1 - 2 - 3

Pioneer Valley


Anatomy of the Machine

An indepth interview with Tom Devine.

The Dance

A darkly humorous overview of the Valley's political culture.

Springfield: The Movie

The way it should be made.

Ghost Stories

Tales of the supernatural based on local folklore.

Angel of Hadley

Mysterious tale of the King Killers.

Bax and O'Brien

Chatting (sort of) with the kings of Valley radio.

Barney

A turtle story.

Vagina Hoax

Dirty politics in the Village of the Damned.

Michael Rapunzel 1950 - 2003

A first hand account of the infamous Western Mass guru.

Russell's Adieu

The closing of the classic Pine Point restaurant.

About Danny

A new book on the Croteau case and other Valley murders.

Miller Mysteries

The strange life and death of J. Wesley Miller.

The Sultan of Sewers

The classic William Burroughs routine about the culture of corruption.

Hotlanta!

Mike Albano and Mitch Ogulewicz party hearty in Atlanta!

Hometown

Tracey Kidder's book about Northampton.

The Large Vowel

An irreverent look at The Big E.

Smitty's Turns 100

A poolhall memoir.

CULTURE

Long Strange Talk

Grateful Dead biographer Dennis McNally at UMass.

David McCullough

The best-selling historian at the University of Houston.

Leonard Baskin's Bad Art

Why the late artist's reputation was not deserved.

Bucky Revisited

Reflections on R. Buckminster Fuller.

The Merry Pranksters

Never Trust a Prankster.

Music

Jefferson Starplane.
Grateful Dead.
Hot Tuna.

Movies

What few movies I see I sometimes write about.

The Grave

In search of Emily Dickinson.

The City of Devine

The Pearl of Texas.

POLITICS

Forgotten Prophet

How a South Hadley professor pioneered the modern conservative movement.

Right for All the Wrong Reasons

How the Andrea Yates case provided a valuable lesson in limited government.

Give War a Chance

The case against pacifism.

John Rawls' Dark Legacy

History shall damn him.

J. P. Morgan

His true legacy.

The Black Book of Communism

The tragic truth about the Socialist Holocaust.

2004 Conventions

Pictures and stories from my visits to the presidential conventions.

Democrat Convention

Republican Convention

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