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Ben Hillman

Ben Hillman is a film maker, designer, author and illustrator who loves subatomic particles and Betty Boop. After obsessing for years about the evils of mass manipulation, Ben decided to do it himself by forming Ben Hillman & Company – realizing his boyhood dream of messing with the minds of the general public (as well as making films and writing and illustrating books). Ben lives in the beautiful Berkshire hills of Massachusetts with his wife Amy and daughter Maizy. He is a member of the Sheffield Tree Project and the Antarctican Society.

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ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

On Martin Luther King holiday, in yet another tweet, the president-elect devalues civil rights leader U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia.

EDGECAST VIDEO: Sheffield Arbor Day, honoring Shays Rebellion

Arbor Day in Sheffield, Massachusetts, was celebrated by planting trees around the Shays Rebellion Monument (newly restored) commemorating protests in 1787 by former Revolutionary War soldiers against a dysfunctional financial system.

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You don't know how lucky you are, boy.

EDGECAST VIDEO: Four Freedoms rally in Pittsfield

More than 2,000 people took part in the Four Freedoms rally and march on Saturday, January 7, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to protest the ascendance of bigotry and hatred in the national political environment. Edgecast producer Ben Hillman shot this film of the event; it is narrated by Jim Frangione.

ORANGE ALERT: The Daily Outrage

Orange Alert, an occasional (perhaps daily, perhaps more than daily) feature, translating the president elect’s pronouncements.

Orange Alert: The (almost) daily outrage

Orange Alert, an occasional (perhaps daily, perhaps more than daily) feature, translating the president elect's prevarications into their evident meaning and intent. Today's outrage: The nuclear option.

EDGE CAST VIDEO: The Sandisfield pipeline: This story isn’t over

An EdgeCast exclusive: State Rep. William Smitty Pignatelli and arborist Tom Ingersoll visit Otis State Forest where pipeline giant Kinder Morgan intends to construct a new gas pipeline.
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