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My Love/Hate Relationship with Allston
I lived in Allston. Who hasn’t? It’s a rite of passage around these parts, especially if you go to Boston University or Boston College and […]
Inside Prison Life for Inmate 27371-038, Salvadore DiMasi
Inside Prison Life for Inmate 27371-038, Salvadore DiMasi. Today is former speaker DiMasi’s first full day behind bars in federal prison in Lexington, Ky.: his […]
Boston: Not Nearly as Sad as St. Petersberg, Detroit, or Memphis
Boston: Not Nearly as Sad as St. Petersberg, Detroit, or Memphis. In listing “America’s Saddest Cities,” Men’s Health gave Boston an A- and ranked the […]
Barney Frank on Reporters: 'When People Say Stupid Things, I Say That They Are Stupid'
Barney Frank on Reporters: ‘When People Say Stupid Things, I Say That They Are Stupid.’ In an interview yesterday, Frank sounded off on the “hypersensitivity” […]
Create (And Print) Your Own 3D Robot
Yesterday marked the launch of the San Francisco-based website My Robot Nation. The site — launched by Sarah Stocker and Mark Danks, both vets of […]
Daily Feed: Inside Prison Life for Inmate 27371-038, Salvadore DiMasi
Inside Prison Life for Inmate 27371-038, Salvadore DiMasi. Today is former speaker DiMasi’s first full day behind bars in federal prison in Lexington, Ky.: his […]
Arlington High School Goes All 'Footloose,' Bans School Dances
Arlington High School Goes All Footloose, Bans School Dances. Taking a page straight out of Reverend Shaw Moore’s handbook, school officials decided to institute the […]
The Shrinking Minimum Wage
This weekend, the New York Times magazine published an interesting essay on America’s growing inequality and the fact that a college degree was no longer […]
With Bobby Valentine, Something Will Happen.
It may be that the Red Sox win the next three World Series and Bobby Valentine turns out to have been an inspired choice as […]
A Boston Sex Writer Speaks Out
According to a recent article by Jonathan Beckman, who currently judges the Bad Sex in Fiction Awards, Auberon Waugh first founded the contest (in his […]
Former Speaker Sal DiMasi Goes Directly To Jail
Former Speaker Sal DiMasi Goes Directly To Jail. The physical and situational similarities between Sal DiMasi and this guy who’s also pretty down-on-his-luck are striking […]
… but Sounds Off On Casino Legislation First
… but Sounds Off On Casino Legislation First. “The irony that the casino culture prevailed after so many years just one week before I traveled […]
Red Sox Tap Bobby Valentine as New Manager
Red Sox Tap Bobby Valentine as New Manager. Yankees, schmakees. Looks like he’ll fit right in. [New York Times]
Welcome to the Age of Overparenting
See Jane. See Jane walk downstairs. Clap, Mom and Dad, clap! See Mom and Dad clap, clap, clap. For everything Jane does. Welcome to the age of overparenting.
Barney Frank's Greatest Hits
Through his Congressional career, which he announced yesterday is ending, Barney Frank was just as divisive as he was acerbic. You loved him or hated […]