Volume IV No. 1

Avoiding Oniontown

A noble effort to dispel some of the negative mythology surrounding this mysterious community comes to naught


Quinn O'Callaghan • April 5th, 2011
A little slice of Oniontown, from a coward's vantage point along Route 22. (Photo by Steve Hopkins)

Legends fade. Maybe someday, for the good of everyone, Oniontown’s legend will fade too. But it’s doubtful. Oniontown is an unincorporated settlement a mile or so outside of Dover Plains, in the Harlem Valley on the eastern flank of Dutchess County. It sits, virtually isolated, at the end of a dead-end road atop a small [...]

Class Wars and Koch Whores

How the Oligarchy’s Disinformation Campaign Keeps You Stupid, Poor and Powerless


Scott Patrick Humphrey • April 4th, 2011
Scott Patrick Humphrey

“Cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria!” —Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ghostbusters, 1984 “Remember when teachers, public employees, Planned Parenthood, NPR and PBS crashed the stock market, wiped out half of our 401Ks, took trillions in TARP money, spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico, gave themselves billions in bonuses, and paid no taxes? [...]