The Phoenix

Menino, again
Plus: Latino gains, same-sex defeat, and a buzz for pot BY EDITORIAL

Drinking It All In Dept.

Letters to the Boston editor, November 6, 2009

Plus: Latino gains, same-sex defeat, and a buzz for pot

For Mayor: Vote Flaherty + Yoon
Boston District City Council: Henriquez, Ross, ciommo, LaMattina
For city council
Boston At-Large: Connolly, Murphy, Pressley, Arroyo
Afghanistan: Just say no!
Plus, Obama and the Nobel

Peter Canellos reinvents Globe ’s editorial page. Plus, Tom Menino’s campaign gets late-breaking help from the Banner and Herald .

The importance of being Ernie
What drives Howie Carr’s anonymous tormentor?
Latter day taint
How Glenn Beck is driven by Mormonism — and why his fellow faithful (including Mitt Romney) should be worried
Philadelphia Story
What Steve Taylor needs to know if he succeeds in buying the Globe

In this desperate downtime, is Deval Patrick regrouping, or cluelessly steering a sinking ship?

Taking sides
The US Senate election is forcing Massachusetts pols to choose their team. Plus, Pagliuca’s plan, and the state GOP tries to get serious.
Holding his punches
The pundits think a desperate Michael Flaherty needs to throw haymakers at the mayor, but he insists steady pressure will win the fight
Khazei, Like a Fox?
Insiders don’t think Alan Khazei has a chance in the US Senate race. But progressive activists could make him an underdog with bite.

At the New York Comic Art Convention

Boston rat rampage
Thanks to the global economic collapse, which has stalled initiated construction projects, Boston’s rat population is surging

Interview: Ray Davies
On singing in the choir, his American experience, and who’ll play Dave

Photos: Monsters of Folk at Orpheum Theatre
Monsters of Folk, live at the Orpheum Theatre, November 3, 2009

Boston rat rampage
Thanks to the global economic collapse, which has stalled initiated construction projects, Boston’s rat population is surging

Sustainability
Merce Cunningham in the Park Avenue Armory; Christopher Wheeldon at City Center

Taking sides
The US Senate election is forcing Massachusetts pols to choose their team. Plus, Pagliuca’s plan, and the state GOP tries to get serious.

Make-believe Main Street
Lifestyle centers create public squares in private places. Can a nation undone by sprawl be saved by the Mall?

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