I'm currently in Amherst (which I was told immediately when I landed that it's pronounced with no "h"), which along with Northampton is a great lefty town- campuses, excellent, highly interesting food, great progressive folks who are all very nice. And apparently it's only an hour and 15 or less from all the places up here where I have friends but don't get to as much- Brattleboro, VT, Albany, NY, Hartford, CT. Tonight I'll be hanging out at the local Drinking Liberally along with the great Bill Scher, who had me on LiberalOasis Radio a while back, and am looking forward to an excellent dinner at the place Hillary took Chelsea when they were looking at colleges, interestingly enough.
I want to let all the Boston-area folks know that tomorrow, Wednesday at 7 PM, Shai Sachs over at MyDD and Reading Liberally-Cambridge, along with ActBlue, will be hosting me for a discussion about my new book and opportunities for progressive change with the Obama Administration. It's at The Democracy Center at 45 Mt. Auburn Street near Harvard Square. Stop on by.