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10 years later, we told you so

Ten years of being right (well, mostly)
Like many in the alternative press, we pride ourselves on being ahead of the game. Sometimes, of course, that means we're wrong about what might be coming down the pike — that's part of the risk of being "out front" and not just reacting to the news as it happens.
By DEIRDRE FULTON  |  September 16, 2009
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Tormenting Teddy

Republicans threaten Kennedy reign
After 32 years in the US Senate, Ted Kennedy remains a force to be reckoned with, both for his legendary family history and his considerable accomplishments.
By BOSTON PHOENIX STAFF  |  August 26, 2009

Free speechifying

Letters to the Boston editor, July 17, 2009
How can Dan Kennedy pick a list of people who trample freedom of expression without listing the mayor of Boston?
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS  |  July 15, 2009
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Muzzle Awards: Collegiate Division

New England campuses muzzle free speech
In a 1957 Supreme Court decision upholding the free-speech rights of university professors ( Sweezy v. New Hampshire ), Justice Felix Frankfurter quoted prominent South African scholars on the importance of academic freedom.
By HARVEY SILVERGLATE  |  July 10, 2009
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The 12th Annual Muzzle Awards

A look at the dishonorable enemies of free speech and personal liberty in New England.
With the era of repression and secrecy fostered by George W. Bush and Dick Cheney finally over, this should be the best of times for freedom of expression, open government, and civil liberties. Yet change comes slowly.
By DAN KENNEDY  |  July 10, 2009
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Dailies go Darwin

Reports of newspapers' death are exaggerated — but after the changes coming in 2009, will we still recognize them?
If you're a tree, you're probably feeling pretty good right now.
By ADAM REILLY  |  January 29, 2009

Flashbacks

For the week of January 13
The Boston Phoenix has been covering the trends and events that shape our times since 1966. These selections, culled from our back files, were compiled by Ian Sands.
By  |  October 27, 2008
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Twitheads

Is it time to dial down journalism’s latest fad?
Is Twitter bad for journalism?
By ADAM REILLY  |  September 25, 2008
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Leggo my ego!

The GOP is smearing Obama as a narcissist. So why is the press playing along?
If Barack Obama loses the presidency this November, it won’t be because of Reverend Jeremiah Wright, or “Bitter-gate,” or sundry other vulnerabilities.
By ADAM REILLY  |  July 30, 2008

Papa don't preach

Letters to the Boston editor, July 18, 2008
The total “wake-up call” is the promotion of father-less-ness in our great land and the effects it is having on society.
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS  |  July 16, 2008

The Muzzle Awards: Collegiate Division

Stamping out free speech in academia
Stamping out free speech in academia
By HARVEY SILVERGLATE  |  June 25, 2008
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The 11th Annual Muzzle Awards

Silencing free speech
Freedom of expression may be guaranteed by the Constitution. But it’s an idea we have to fight for every day.
By DAN KENNEDY  |  July 05, 2008
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Straight talk

It’s time to cover John M c Cain again — and here are ten good places for the media to start.
It’s been a very quiet spring for John McCain.
By ADAM REILLY  |  May 14, 2008
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Still dissecting

Danny Schechter’s bid for media reform
A year after releasing his remarkably prescient film on the then-nascent financial crisis, In Debt We Trust , veteran progressive journalist Danny Schechter finally made it onto CNBC.
By DAN KENNEDY  |  April 10, 2008
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Temporarily north of the border

Al Giordano plays the Field
Add another name to the list of Phoenix alums (Mark Leibovich, Dave Crowley, Seth Gitell, Dan Kennedy) writing on the 2008 presidential race.
By ADAM REILLY  |  December 19, 2007
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News from not for nothing

Best of the blog
During his time on Boston’s WBUR, Christopher Lydon’s The Connection had a number of listeners in Rhode Island.
By IAN DONNIS  |  November 28, 2007
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Highway robbery

Is Internet populism destined for corporate ruin?
Not long ago, the path by which the recent Justice Department scandal traveled from tidbit to tsunami would have been seen as an exotic trip through an unknown land.
By DAN KENNEDY  |  October 04, 2007

You call that a muzzle?

Letters to the Boston editor: August 17, 2007
Letters to the Boston editor: August 17, 2007
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS  |  August 15, 2007

Our lips are sealed

Letters to the Boston editor, July 27, 2007
I loved your “ Muzzle Awards ” article.
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS  |  July 25, 2007
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The 10th Annual Muzzle Awards

Silencing free speech
Mitt Romney will say or do anything if he thinks it will help him become president.
By DAN KENNEDY  |  July 10, 2007

Speech therapy

The Muzzles through the ages: 10 years of First Ammendment deterioration
The Muzzle Awards have been chronicling the worst Free Speech violations for a decade. Here are some of the lowlights from the past 10 years.
By DAN KENNEDY  |  July 03, 2007
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Beacon Hill flux

Travaglini exits, Murray ascends, Patrick innovates
“Style,” according to Alfred North Whitehead, “is the ultimate morality of the mind.”
By EDITORIAL  |  March 28, 2007
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Lapdog, meet watchdog

What’s gotten into the political press?
Hating the media has long been a popular pastime. But after the invasion of Iraq four years ago, anti-press animus reached a new level of intensity on the left. Feast or famine: Jack Shafer defends the press pre-Iraq. By Adam Reilly
By ADAM REILLY  |  March 21, 2007
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Killer coke

Obama, Bush, and the warped politics of drug use. Plus, ConCon coverage falls short, and Finneran’s foes raise a fuss
If you follow presidential politics, you know that Barack Obama’s past use of illegal drugs is suddenly a topic of great interest.
By ADAM REILLY  |  January 10, 2007
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Sound off

One citizen journalist’s saga may bode poorly for the new arm of the press
Anyone who wants to understand the perils of being a citizen journalist in an age of DIY media should consider the case of Freeman Z.
By MIKE MILIARD  |  December 13, 2006
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Tabloid dreams

Can Kevin Convey rescue the Herald ?
These are dark days in the newspaper business as a whole, but things are especially grim over at Herald Square.
By ADAM REILLY  |  November 30, 2006
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The greatest story ever told

A former Boston Phoenix  news editor tells what it was like to cover Goodridge , the Bay State’s history-altering same-sex-marriage decision  
It was one thing to edit the Phoenix ’s coverage of the clergy-sex-abuse scandal as a Catholic.
By SUSAN RYAN-VOLLMAR  |  November 15, 2006

Striking similarities

Mike Barnicle, this is A.J. Liebling. Have you met?
This article originally appeared in the August 20, 1998 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By DAN KENNEDY  |  November 14, 2006

Flashbacks: November 10, 2006

The Boston Phoenix has been covering the trends and events that shape our times since 1966.
The Boston Phoenix has been covering the trends and events that shape our times since 1966.
By FLASHBACKS  |  November 08, 2006

Flashbacks: October 27, 2006

The Boston Phoenix has been covering the trends and events that shape our times since 1966.
The Boston Phoenix has been covering the trends and events that shape our times since 1966. These selections, culled from our back files, were compiled by Dan Peleschuk, Ian Sands, and Eva Wolchover.
By PHOENIX FLASHBACKS  |  October 25, 2006

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