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The feminine critique

Women in politics came a long way in 2008, but the weight of double standards endures
It was almost a banner year for women in politics.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | December 24, 2008

Desperately seeking organ donors
The family of a two-and-a-half-year-old Gloucester boy hopes that a new bill, filed in the State Senate by North Shore state senator Bruce Tarr on Monday, December 15, will prompt increased participation in organ donation, especially pediatric organs.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | December 17, 2008

Furious foodies

Top Chef at midseason
Top Chef at midseason

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | December 16, 2008

Dance Monkey: David Wain

We put a comic on the hot seat. This week's victim . . .
David Wain at the Wilbur Theatre

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | December 11, 2008

Wright stuff

The Comedy Hall of Fame picks a winner
The Comedy Hall of Fame picks a winner

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | December 12, 2008

Prevention suspension

Will funding cuts thwart area schools' efforts to stop sexual assault before it starts?
Combating sexual assault is especially tough if your workspace is the size of a professional basketball player's shoebox.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | December 12, 2008

Dance, Monkey: Rob Cantrell

We put a comic on the hot seat. This week's victim . . .
Legalize weed. That's the only political stance I have.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | December 05, 2008

A gay day off

Striking Out
A day without gays sounds like a Christian Right wet-dream come true, but it's actually the idea behind a 24-hour nationwide strike and economic boycott in support of gay marriage for all Americans.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | December 09, 2008

Dance, Monkey: Billy Bob Neck

We put a comic on the hot seat. This week's victim . . .
I was pretty sure a paper like this would ask some kinda homosexual question, being in Massachusetts and named after a Henry Potter book.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | November 25, 2008

Relax? Don't do it!

The latest casualty of the economic crisis? Lounges. And possibly leisure itself.
Lounge lizards, lament.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | November 19, 2008

Who Says Jim Gaffigan Isn't Sexy?

Oops. We did.
Jim Gaffigan dubbed his latest traveling venture "The Sexy Tour," and he's bringing it to Boston this weekend.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | November 19, 2008

Dance, Monkey: Rich Ceisler

We put a comic on the hot seat. This week's victim...
Rather than hunting animals, she should be hunting all of the young men that are after her underage daughters.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | November 26, 2008

Life on the level

Laughing in the face of fear doesn't mean you're not a coward
At the tippity-top of my teetering list of irrational neurosis? Skiing, of course.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | November 18, 2008

Fresh air does wonders in politics

Green Grassroots Effort
Overwhelming local support for a nonbinding ballot initiative indicates that a push for a greener future may have legs.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | November 13, 2008

Claws for concern

Further Defying Parody
Further Defying Parody

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | November 14, 2008

Dance, Monkey: Baron Vaughn

We put a comic on the hot seat. This week's victim...
We're not far off from a time when discontented McCain supporters will say things like, "Argh! I stubbed my toe! Damn you, Obama, and your move-around-my-furniture-while-I'm-sleeping ways!"

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | November 11, 2008

So now what?

The time for obsessive-compulsive election monitoring has come to an end. Cupcakes, anyone?
I have an election hangover.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | November 05, 2008

Dance, Monkey: Carlos Mencia

We put a comic on the hot seat. This week's victim...
I want to go old-school and be that wrestler that always wears a mask: in movie theaters, restaurants — I'm ordering a steak through it.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | November 11, 2008

Christian’s folly

His Own Worst Enemy
Two men. One body. It sounds like the title of a squeamish sequel to “Two Girls, One Cup.” But the good news is it’s just the premise of My Own Worst Enemy , Christian Slater’s foray into the world of crappy small-screen dramas that use a lexicon of jargon in order to sound “sciency.”

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | November 06, 2008

Beyond the polls

Electoral-entertainment guide
The presidential election got your knickers in a knot?

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | October 31, 2008

Dear Mr. President . . .

Redefining ‘Road Trip’
Since March 1, Massachusetts school teacher B.J. Hill has been walking across the country in near Kerouacian fashion — though, unlike Sal Paradise, Hill has a greater mission than apple pie and Mexican trollops.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | October 30, 2008

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