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How the Karen Read Case Turned a Neighborhood Bar Into a True Crime Landmark

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The Rise of ‘Elite Speak’: Why Do Smart People Sound So Dumb?

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Does Boston Still Drink?


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Now Commenters Can Enjoy Living in a Two-Newspaper Town

When the Herald debuted its new website, we knew that the commenting feature was going to be a lot of fun. In the year the […]

Sports Monday

I spent the weekend in beautiful central New Jersey, which allowed me the always-fun diversion of hearing Jets fans try to convince themselves on WFAN […]

Spanning the Web

Taking you around the Internet for your afternoon enjoyment. Yet another reason to move along after witnessing public urination: A Harvard grad student was punched […]

News

No Bailout for Lehman Bros., MBTA, or the Turnpike

This summer, it looked like both the state and local governments were in a forgiving mood. The feds bailed out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, […]

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John Henry’s Odd NASCAR Obsession

There’s something about Red Sox principal owner John Henry’s insistence on pushing NASCAR that leaves us confused. Henry’s Fenway Sports Group is wooing the members […]

Weekend Redux: What You Missed

Just because you spent all weekend watching the Red Sox play the Blue Jays, it doesn’t mean the world stopped moving. We round up the […]


In This Section

The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston

The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston

We crunched the numbers to come up with our annual guide to the top-performing schools in the region.

The 150 Most Influential Bostonians

The 150 Most Influential Bostonians

Through countless conversations and a year’s worth of observation, we’ve found leaders who don’t just ride the wave of the zeitgeist—they create it.


What’s News

Your condensed guide to today’s daily papers. This doesn’t bode well for the stock market: Local employees of Lehman Brothers rushed the Boston office to […]

The Week That Was

Chronicling the past week via quick links and pithy commentary (trying to put lipstick on the pig that is Tom Brady’s injury edition). Tom Brady’s […]

News

New Facebook: Everybody Just Calm Down

Our social networking habits have evolved a lot during the past several years. We started out with Friendster, then made the move to MySpace. Now […]

News

State Government Goes Green Like McCain

In a new campaign ad, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama paints John McCain as a computer-illiterate old man. Which is probably for the best—if temperamental […]

48 Hours of Freedom

It’s the weekend. You can spend it organizing your Netflix queue, or you can get out and enjoy it. Here are some other suggestions for […]

The Karen Read Case

The Karen Read Case

The Fractured, Surprising, and Sobering Truth About Kids and Smartphones

The Fractured, Surprising, and Sobering Truth About Kids and Smartphones

A special report on our Tiktok-scrolling, Snapchat-loving, sleep-deprived teens—and what to know to keep kids safe.


The Hill and the Hall Week in Review

Each Friday, Paul McMorrow will take you inside the smoke-filled rooms and darkly-lit corridors of government to bring you the hottest and juiciest political tidbits. […]

News

Tough Day for the Globe

And we’re not just talking about the broadsheet’s plan to close its press in Billerica. The Miami Herald reports today that the Globe’s Tania deLuzuriaga […]

City Rat, Country Rat

The Globe has been at the forefront of city-focused rat journalism for a while now, and as we all know, there’s nothing newspapers loves more […]

What’s News

Your condensed guide to today’s daily papers. Scary stuff: Although immigrants only make up 14 percent of the state’s population, they account for 26 percent […]

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