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October 15, 2009

New in the Phoenix: Howie Carr vs. "Ernie Boch III"--with exclusive interview!
By Adam Reilly

In this week's Phoenix, I size up the ongoing feud between Herald columnist Howie Carr and "Ernie Boch, III," his mysterious Blue Mass. Group-based tormentor. (Note: EB3, as he's frequently called, is no relation to car magnate Ernie Boch, Jr.) In the process, I argue that Carr doesn't really seem to understand his nemesis--and that, despite some strong ideological and biographical differences between the two, there are some noteworthy similarities as well.

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January 18, 2009

Geithner's laxity--and ours
By Adam Reilly

As I watched Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs offer an unconvincing defense of Treasury Secretary-in-waiting Tim Geithner's tax-challenged ways during an appearance on Fox News Sunday, I found myself thinking: if this were a Republican nominee, liberals (e.g., me) would be rightly incensed.
But as the Globe's Joan Vennochi notes today, the double standard that Geithner is benefitting from might not just be about party.

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September 21, 2008

Morals and the meltdown
By Adam Reilly

It's easy, when grappling with questions like how mortage-backed securities actually work, to lose sight of the fact that Wall Street's current crisis has moral as well as financial implications.
So thank you, Joan Vennochi, for your column in today's Globe, which admirably captures that point. An excerpt:
The country's conservative moralists shake their finger at low-income home buyers who dared to make a grab for a humble piece of the American dream.

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