City Journal
Alcohol Sales Tax Repeal: A Decision Worth Toasting?
Our long civic nightmare is over: Starting this month, booze is once again sales-tax free.
Fresh Faces
KRISTIN WANTED A NEW NOSE. A better nose. A resculpted, slightly smaller version of the original, with no bump on its bridge and a shorter, […]
The Schwartz Factor: Donny Marshall
The new C’s color man educates Jason Schwartz on the difference between Tommy Points and the Marshall Plan.
The Schwartz Factor: John Hodgman
The PC guy from those Mac commercials instructs Jason Schwartz in the fine art of preparing and serving canard.
Prescient to a T
James Michael Curley had the T all figured out decades ago. Here’s why we should have listened.
The Schwartz Factor: Yo-Yo Ma
The classical music phenom is searching for a new collaborator, and is even willing—God help him—to give Jason Schwartz a try.
Book: The Idler's Glossary
The genuine idler is not a dawdling layabout but rather a philosopher king, savoring the pleasure of his own thoughts and planning to act on […]
Book: The Idler's Glossary
The genuine idler is not a dawdling layabout but rather a philosopher king, savoring the pleasure of his own thoughts and planning to act on […]
By the Numbers
200Estimated number of tubs of Fluff to be served at the What the Fluff? festival in Somerville’s Union Square on 9/27, which this year will […]
The Schwartz Factor: John King
As election season kicks in, CNN’s political guru tells Jason Schwartz to stay tuned: The magic wall will reveal all.
The Gonz Show: John Cena
The wrestling star (and recently hired Gillette hawker) may talk tough, but he won’t get rough with John Gonzalez.
The Gonz Show: Donna Summer
Back in town with her first album of new songs in 17 years, Boston’s disco diva shares her Weltanschauung with John Gonzalez.
The Gonz Show: Eugene Mirman
The funnyman is here for a comedy festival billed as an “alternative,” but he won’t switch things up for John Gonzalez.
Murder Count
The state’s nastiest club may have a new member. This much is verifiable: In 1984, a Revere seafood peddler named Leonard Paradiso was sentenced to […]
The Gonz Show: Matt Taibbi
As New Hampshire kicks off primary season, the rising political scribe tells John Gonzalez which candidate to fear the most. Did growing up here help […]