Ellen Bravo: The Gifts Mothers Really Want

More and more voters say they're more likely to support candidates who'll make sure family values don't end at the workplace door, and who understand that for the economy to recover, we need policies like these to help people stay employed and have money to spend at local businesses.

BRIEFLY: April 25

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Extremely Well-Read and Incredibly Amused

SFR's incomplete and totally biased guide to summer reading The book chooses the reader. I believe this; however, I also believe that the reader has an obligation to make himself available to the book. Listen: Years ago, I stopped taking advice on reading material. First, every reader has his own tastes; second, some readers just aren't very discerning'they'll read anything; and finally, RIYL ...

Andrew Motion's Silver: Return to Treasure Island

Novelist, poet and biographer Andrew Motion has revisited and re-imagined Treasure Island with his latest book, Silver.

BRIEFLY: April 21

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