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Questions For… Will Leitch
You probably know Will Leitch from the groundbreaking website Deadspin, where he and his merry band of commenters gleefully skewer the sports world every day. […]
Breaking: Kerry to Endorse Obama
We were pretty sure the Democratic National Committee had gagged Sen. John Kerry and locked him in a basement. After his swiftboating and defeat at […]
More New Hampshire Fallout
Last night, the media was on auto-pilot. As the moments until the New Hampshire polls closed crept closer, the pundits talked about the implosion of […]
And the Winner Is. . .
The thrill of victory. The agony of defeat. Both were evident in spades at last night’s BoMag primary viewing party. We’ve got six long days […]
Dispatches from Romneyland
Mitt Romney and his supporters are robots. Whether that’s in a real sense, or a metaphoric one, may be a mystery for the ages, since […]
Duke: Cool with Jerry, Not with Howie
Alex Beam’s column today is another phoned-in meta job of little interest to anyone, but there’s a nice bit at the end about a new […]
Last Night’s Primary
Wow. That’s what I kept saying last night while watching the returns from New Hampshire. (Actually, I kept saying holy shit, but I was trying […]
Stealing the Cahds from Hahvahd Yahd
Fairly or unfairly, there is a tendency to pounce whenever something goes wrong at Harvard. Nobody would care, people say, if it weren’t Harvard. Everyone […]
Mitt Romney: Not a Cuddler
As we cruise the internet this afternoon, trying to get through these last painful hours before primary results start to filter in, we noticed something. […]
Questions for…Walter Lewin
When we last saw MIT physics professor Walter Lewin—the craziest, funniest professor this side of Buddy Love—he was enjoying minute seven of his 15 minutes […]
Snowstorms and the Second Amendment
When a snowstorm or other weather system descends upon our fair state, our first instinct is to stock up on bread and milk (. . […]
Bad Mistakes, He’s Made a Few
Being the winner of the Iowa caucuses means never having to say you’re sorry, or doing a complete 180 on your campaign platform. Unfortunately for […]
Failure to Launch
As Roger Clemens continues his crusade to be the Last Innocent Man on Earth, one can’t help but think what his former trainer, and now […]
The Ron Paul Revolution Gets (More) Absurd
Our focus here at Boston Daily has primarily (get it?) been on the front-runners in today’s contest in New Hampshire, but that doesn’t mean we […]
Fun In New Hampshire (for Us, at Least)
One person we know, someone who shall remain tall and nameless (hint: rhymes with Kaul Pix), says he doesn’t like the “horse race,” that watching […]