david goldberg
12 Hours at CPAC, the 'Mardi Gras of the Right'
...rd to prevent Massachusetts from becoming the Las Vegas of gay marriage." Gingrich punted, with a lackluster oration. "Newt is an enthusiastic and committed golfer," his wife, Callista, said by way of introduction. "He gets in and out of more sand traps than anyone I've ever seen." The audience in the cavernous hotel ballroom greeted this with...crickets. The press pen above the ballroom stifled a...
Spotlight Events: Acoustic Americana Music Guide, UPDATED February 1, 2012
...es for New Times since 2009. Rooted in America's old time music tradition, they’re adventurous and versatile, contrasting fast-paced breakdowns with moseying blues, archaic crooked fiddle tunes with straight-up square dance numbers, humorous ditties with Carter Family laments, mandolin with fiddle counterpoint, and typical clawhammer banjo with novel applications. What unites their varied tastes...
Khader Adnan, 61 days on a hunger strike, near death
...promoted for decades in various media and political outlets in the US and Western countries - is now simply falling apart. link to palestinechronicle.com Out of the Ballpark: Susan Abulhawa’s speech to the PennBDS conference, Annie Robbins There is a reason Susan Abulhawa has the reputation of a dragon slayer, and it is not just for any one time event or the fact that Mornings in Jenin ...