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The last Potter

What does the end mean for Harry’s strange Boston disciples?
The end is never easy, is it?

By: SHARON STEEL | July 24, 2007

You say you want a revolution?

The Redcoat diaries, or visiting the Port-o-Potty in a tricornered hat
“Don’t you worry, boy. We’ll have your ass bleeding by the end of the day.”

By: JAMES PARKER | July 20, 2007

It’s a woman’s right to choose

Five new methods of birth control explained
Sorry guys, this one’s for the girls.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | July 18, 2007

Skate or die

SLIDESHOW: Red Bull's skateboarding competition at City Hall Plaza
Skateboarding on public property still falls under the Banned in Boston category.

By: MELISSA POCEK AND JESSICA SHARP | July 16, 2007

R.I.P., Mr. Butch

Folk hero, "King of Kenmore Square," dead in scooter crash
Folk hero, "King of Kenmore Square," dead in scooter crash

By: CARLY CARIOLI | July 13, 2007

Could be verse: poetry ripped from the headlines
Lines upon learning of the recent stipulation, by the pop artist Madonna, that any journalist wishing to complete an interview with her must maintain eye contact at all times.

By: JAMES PARKER | July 11, 2007

Maggots ate my flesh!

As antibiotics increasingly lose their potency, medical professionals are turning to (yecch!) fly larvae to take a bite out of wound recovery
If you met Dana — attractive, athletic, and tan, somewhere in her 30s — you’d never guess her secret.

By: AUDREY SCHULMAN | July 16, 2007

iPhone home

Could be verse: poetry ripped from the headlines
Lines upon the Multimedia and Internet-enabled Mobile Phone Newly Produced by the Apple Corporation

By: JAMES PARKER | July 06, 2007

Weird science

Could be verse: poetry ripped straight from the headlines
Lines in Anticipation of the Final Installment of the Harry Potter Series, After Reading About the “Fringe Research” Being Conducted by the Pentagon.

By: JAMES PARKER | June 27, 2007

America Blows

Since George W. Bush took office, the United States has sunk to unprecedented lows in sports and pop-culture domination
The United States of America is a nation with a proud history.

By: MIKE MILIARD | June 29, 2007

Open-air entrepreneurs

Street vendors in Boston come with the sun
Where are all the street vendors?

By: JENNY HALPER | June 21, 2007

Flushed away

Could be Verse: Poetry ripped straight from the headlines
Lines Upon Hearing of the Systematic Theft by Persons Unknown of Certain Toilet Parts From Fast-Food Restaurants in the Town of Methuen

By: JAMES PARKER | June 20, 2007

Cork it, Corgan

Could be Verse: Poetry ripped straight from the headlines
Lines Upon Hearing the Smashing Pumpkins’ Single “Tarantula,” Their First New Material Since 2000 James Parker, "Cork it, Corgan" (mp3)

By: JAMES PARKER | June 14, 2007

Going the distance on Father’s Day

Personally
My father died on April 25 at 1:15 pm in Largo, Florida.

By: JOHNNY ANGEL | June 13, 2007

Look at us! We're running for President!

Big Fat Whale
Big Fat Whale

By: BRIAN MCFADDEN | June 06, 2007

Next stop: marriage

As New Hampshire enacts civil unions, Maine’s gay-marriage advocates get ready
If we had asked the leadership at Equality Maine about their plan for gay marriage say, two years ago, they would have likely said, “If we told you, we’d have to kill you.”

By: TONY GIAMPETRUZZI | June 08, 2007