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Big loss for the Boston Herald: Casey Ross, who's done a fine job covering the State House for the past year and half, is leaving that paper to join the Globe. The Herald-to-Globe path is pretty well worn: current Globe staffers who've followed it include metro columnist Kevin Cullen , magazine writer Charlie Pierce , and legal reporter Shelley...
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In this week's Portland Phoenix, I review the latest offering from Boston-based Rose Metal Press : A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness: four chapbooks of short short fiction by four women , by Amy L. Clark, Elizabeth Ellen, Kathy Fish, and Claudia Smith. (You can find the review here , once it's posted online.) I also got the chance to interview...
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There's not much to say about yesterday's primary that hasn't been said already . Here are the city's numbers . Some other odds and ends: -- I caught a thought-provoking (and perhaps prescient) quotation on the AsMaineGoes forum: "I hope Charlie can turn all those Cote votes into his votes." -- Also, I was entertained by this...
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By Harvey Silverglate The Massachusetts judiciary – and as a result, the people of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – are about to lose one of liberty’s most effective and reliable friends. But just because state Superior Court Judge Isaac Borenstein will retire from his life-tenured position on the state’s trial court on September 12 th doesn’t mean...
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Mission of Burma ’s Roger Miller : “Top 5 Random Interests While in Spain” 1_Movie: Le Scaphandre et le papillon | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 2_Music: Richard Leo Johnson, The Legend of Vernon McAlister 3_City: Gijón, Spain 4_Airline: none 5_Street: any of the 10 or 12 in the hilly section slightly east of Washington Street near Brookline Village...
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It was pretty funny a few weeks ago when a caller to the John DePetro Show lambasted political officials and questioned why NASA hasn't come up with a more fuel-efficient car engine. This bright light was apparently unaware that the major car manufacturers could have years ago offered more fuel-efficient cars. Instead, they helped to popularize...
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US Senator Susan Collins , who is running for re-election this fall, voted today to continue massive subsidies for oil corporations , and in opposition to taxing those companies' windfall profits. The vote was technically on a measure to end debate and proceed to a vote on the matter, but her vote to keep debate going ensured there would be no up...
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From the Young Dems : As the primary season comes to an end and we get closer to the Democratic National Convention in August - the RI Young Democrats are preparing for a busy summer and fall. We hope you'll join us at our next meeting: TONIGHT, Tuesday, June 10th at 6:00PM at the Wild Colonial, located at 250 South Water Street in Providence. To...
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--Sure, O'Reilly is good on the issues, but can he match Kerry's record on constituent services? --Spread the word: I'm hoping to get a job with Michael Flaherty's campaign. --Who else here thinks the teachers' union is the problem? --I think this will be just a minor blip in Marzilli's political career. --I've gotta say...
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A few weeks back, I urged the political press to pursue 10 John McCain stories --including the dissolution of his first marriage and its implications for the McCain Myth. This story from Britain's Mail on Sunday does exactly that. The whole piece is worth reading, but here's a lengthy excerpt: McCain likes to illustrate his moral fibre by referring...