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Which Washington is Which?

Dear Globe, Hello there, friends. We know we’ve been on your case a lot this week, and for that we apologize. But when you keep […]

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Clockwork Orange-Style Advertising on the Pike

We urban dwellers have precious few moments of quiet in our day. T riders endure high-decibel conversations while they commute into work. Our coworker’s phone […]

Busted

A string of scandals has the Boston Police Department reeling, and the worst may be yet to come. An exclusive look inside the BPD’s secretive anti-corruption unit and Commissioner Ed Davis’s fight to clean up the force—whose problems run much deeper than a few bad cops.

Om Schooling

A meditation on mandatory yoga classes, homework caps, sleep specialists, and other well-meaning (if possibly misguided) initiatives that have put elite local high schools on the front lines of today’s war on teen stress.

Are Space Aliens the New Jesus?

Scientology is on the march in Boston, even as the city’s traditional religious power continues its inexorable decline. And that has our writer imagining a whole new world of possibilities for Bostonians’ beloved knee-jerk, hokum-drenched piety.

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The Case Against Casanova

He was once one of Boston’s (and People magazine’s) most eligible bachelors. This month, he’ll be back in court to face rape charges that have shocked his many admirers. But it turns out that with Gary Zerola, nothing was ever as it appeared.

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But What About Espresso Royale Democrats?

The Globe investigated one of those hideous political shorthand arguments that pundits so love to make as they looked into the Starbucks-Dunkin Donuts “phenomenon.” It’s […]

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Grand Theft Menino

When I opened the paper yesterday and saw this, I planned on letting it go. After all, what real authority does Mayor Tom Menino have […]

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Would Somebody Pass Marty Baron the Popcorn Already?

For no particularly good reason, we present some quotes from the Globe‘s past year in popcorn-passing: Travel piece, 5/6/07: “Opportunities abound to explore edgy hipster […]

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Is the NY Times About to Divest Boston?

There’s a shakeup underway at the New York Times Company. After months of public haggling, Times chairman Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. has reached an agreement that […]

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There’s Always the NIT!

As mentioned earlier today, the NCAA Tournament selection committee passed on our fine college basketball programs, but fear not Minutemen. Take heart, Rhody. The National […]

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A Dispatch from the Heart of St. Pat’s

Let me just say, first of all, that I’m Irished out. After the last three days, all I want to do is sit down to […]

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The Herald’s New Crime Columnist

When Michele McPhee left the Herald to do radio full-time (and also periodically write for Boston magazine), there was some internal jockeying to replace her. […]

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The Cincinnati Reds Try to Cash In On Sox

Despite what Hank Steinbrenner says, the Red Sox are a hot commodity. (We’re still not over our harrowing experience in the Virtual Waiting Room.) Our […]

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Adopt-a-Marathoner Update

On Tuesday, we introduced you to our latest adoptee, former Bostonian Lindsey Webster. She’s running the Boston Marathon to support the Christopher and Dana Reeve […]