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Passing Teachers That Fail
No matter how many safeguards we put in place, kids are bound to have a horrible teacher at some point during their educational career. Someone […]
A-Walk Breaks Long Silence on Bookgate
I realize that expecting one of the Globe‘s last two remaining Metro columnists to break news and proffer an interesting perspective on the day’s events […]
Might the MBTA Send Sacajawea Packing?
There’s nothing worse than a fistful of Sacajawea dollars. Whenever you try to spend one of the gold coins, people look at you suspiciously. What […]
The MBTA Will Save Us All (No, Really)
We, like everyone else in the city, like to give the MBTA a hard time. It’s never on time, sometimes the agency cancels service without […]
Did Cable News Kill the Local News Star?
My family is a Channel 10 family. We always had Providence’s NBC affiliate on during hurricanes, snowstorms, and election nights. I remember the thrill of […]
Has Whitey Bulger Been in Quincy the Whole Time?
The last time we heard about James “Whitey” Bulger, we learned that a video taken in Italy last year did not feature him and his […]
Jackie MacMullan Leaves the Globe
The talent drain continues over on Morrissey Blvd. as word came down that respected sports columnist Jackie MacMullan was taking the buyout and leaving the […]
Single in Boston
As a single woman on the East Coast, I felt somewhat vindicated by a survey in the Sunday Globe. It’s making its way around the […]
Elizabeth Edwards Comes to Cambridge
We love Elizabeth Edwards. Whether she’s fighting cancer or Ann Coulter (not that there’s much of a difference between the two—ba dum dum) she appears […]
Mitt Romney Gives Up The Ghost?
When we last saw former governor Mitt Romney, he looked like a regal Oompa Loompa as he campaigned with presumptive Republican nominee John McCain. Today […]
Cosmo Macero on Steve Bailey
Boston Globe business columnist Steve Bailey’s final column ran on March 28; he’s off to work for Bloomberg News in London. Two days ago, a […]
The Living Habits of College Students
I only spent only one year of my college career in a dorm, and in that time I had three roommates. The first was a […]
WBZ Veterans Say Goodbye
My favorite memories of Bob Lobel are from WBZ’s coverage of the Boston Marathon. Watching the barely-awake sports reporter make small talk with jittery runners […]
No Fooling Around
I hate April Fool’s Day. Practical jokes have always struck me as unnecessarily nasty and mean-spirited, largely because I’m a sucker for them. The offer […]
State Police Investigate Hingham Cop
State Police are reviewing 911 tapes made by the 17-year-old son of a veteran Hingham Police commander who accused his father of threatening him at […]