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Girl power at Halitosis Hall

Paiva Weed to reach lofty height in old boys' club
Phillipe + Jorge have always been strong supporters of state Senator Teresa Paiva Weed, the presumptive (God, do we hate that word) new Senate president.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | November 12, 2008

Hoover? Damn!

George W. Bush’s failures may have set off a tectonic shift in US presidential politics, commencing a Democratic Party reign
It doesn't matter how many negative ads are broadcast or how many moose are slain on the tundra, candidates and their actions don't transform our politics nearly as much as outside events and circumstances do.
By STEVEN STARK | October 09, 2008

Sputnik Mania

A brisk, informative documentary
The film underlines the political consequences of the space race.
By BETSY SHERMAN | June 11, 2008

Going Dutch

If Obama is to win the general election, he’ll have to crib from the playbook of . . . Ronald Reagan
One odd thing is already clear about the fall campaign: in it, one of the two major candidates, John McCain, is going to play only a minor role.
By STEVEN STARK | June 11, 2008

The Granite State’s last hurrah

This could be the last election in which the New Hampshire primary, and its quaintly irrelevant retail politics, really matters
In a few days, New Hampshire voters will take their quadrennial place at the center of American politics, and this time, the stakes will be even higher than usual.
By ADAM REILLY | January 02, 2008

Brokeback men's room

A curiously Republican story
Once upon a time there was a barbershop quartet known as the Singing Senators.
By EDITORIAL | September 05, 2007

Letters to the Portland editor: July 6, 2007

Washington is contagious
It is not easy being a US citizen with a conscience.
By LETTERS TO THE PORTLAND EDITOR | July 03, 2007

Bush's secret army

Meet the American mercenaries of Blackwater, who fight outside of the law and take direction from the radical Christian right
The 9/11 attacks provided a catalyst: an unprecedented justification to forge ahead with a radical agenda molded by a small cadre of neoconservative operatives.
By JEREMY SCAHILL | March 21, 2007

Letters to the Portland editor: February 2, 2007

Peace needs our help
In addition to my flip comment that I personally didn’t have a clue about how to solve the horrific human tragedy we call the Iraq War, I provided Sara Donnelly with several comments in our ten-minute conversation that were constructive potential solutions.
By LETTERS TO THE PORTLAND EDITOR | January 31, 2007

War stories

Revisiting Vietnam on film
Every chapter in Stanley Karnow’s 1983 Pulitzer Prize-winning Vietnam: A History begins not with an epigraph, but with a series of photographs.
By MATT ASHARE | May 31, 2006

Scott MacKay, superstar

The Providence Newspaper Guild Follies hits the high notes
You can take it from these longtime observers of the Providence Newspaper Guild’s annual Follies: Scott MacKay’s performance as co-emcee stole the show this year.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | April 18, 2006

Money Matters

Our currency reflects the real cultural value of women
In 1979, at the height of the so-called “women’s movement” in America, a dollar coin was issued featuring the image of the feminist suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO | January 18, 2006