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Sen. Craig and Mitt, Sitting In a Tree?

Howie Carr celebrates his good fortune today by phoning in another Herald column. This time his target is Idaho Senator Larry Craig, a strong believer […]

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Stop the Presses!

The Herald has news! Big news! Is it Mideast Peace? The birth weight of John Edward Thomas Moynahan? Howie Carr finding a fiver on the […]

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What’s News

Your condensed guide to today’s daily papers. Get your Fast Pass ready: The Herald reports that tolls may be coming to roads that are currently […]

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Background Checks ‘Wholly Inappropriate’

Glenn Marshall’s dismissal as Tribal Council Chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag has occasioned plenty of hand-wringing over who knew what when about the disgraced Mashpee […]

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The Last Word

Your long day of corporate drudgery is over. Get out and enjoy the city! Here are a few ideas to get you started, lovingly picked […]

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Spanning the Web

Taking you around the internet for your afternoon enjoyment. Are we being punk’d? MBTA General Manager Dan Grabauskas says that repairs being made to the […]

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Best of Boston/Worst of Boston

We take a lot of shots around here at Globe columnists, but today we have to heap some praise on metro columnist Adrian Walker for […]

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Lethal Pigeons Revisited

Alan Lupo’s column in the Herald today reminded me that I haven’t heard back from City Hall on my proposed pigeon eradication project, which I […]

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Graduating Cum Laude from Romper Room

After a grueling admissions process, many young people in Boston are preparing to head to school this week. The parents of these children are full […]

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Honest Advice for College Students

It’s that time of year again. Time for a new crop of fresh-faced teenagers to show up on our doorstep to begin their education at […]