The Loudest Voice is reprised by Vermont Public Radio

http://digital.vpr.net/post/grace-paley-reads-loudest-voice#stream/0

A holiday favorite, this highly anthologized short story is read by the late author Grace Paley. "The Loudest Voice" is an amusing tale about a little Jewish girl, chosen to play the lead in her school's Christmas pageant, and her family's reactions. Despite the story's popularity, Grace Paley's 1998 reading of it at Vermont Public Radio for New Letters On The Air was the first time she ever recorded it.

It was published in Grace Paley, The Collected Short Stories published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

A Useful Overview of What Militarism Is Doing to Our Country

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-deep-unfairness-of-americas-all-volunteer-force/
Ann Wright of Veterans for Peace posted this important article. The fact that it comes from The American Conservative is proof that there are some interesting changes happening in these United States.

Grace’s Birthday is today. We miss her!