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Rallying the troops BY DAVID S. BERNSTEIN

Rallying the troops

From the penitentiary to the presidential race, it’s our annual Memorial Day roast of Massachusetts pols
Welcome to the fourth annual Boston Phoenix Memorial Day Roast of Massachusetts politicians! I love looking around the room every year, seeing so many familiar faces of elected officials.
A More Perfect Union
People will surely debate for years to come whether President Barack Obama's self-described "evolution" on universal, legal, same-sex marriage caused, or simply reflected, a turning point on the issue in the United States.
Mitt & the GOP Boys’ Club
Last week, Barack Obama's re-election campaign launched a Web slide show, "The Life of Julia," depicting a woman helped throughout her years by Obama policies, and warning that — if elected — Mitt Romney would undo all of them.

Letters to the Boston Phoenix editors, June 1, 2012

Gone forever
Although I could spend this opportunity ranting and raving about the sale of WFNX to Clear Channel, I'd like to take the opportunity to thank WFNX .
Spoiler alert
I took issue with the final statement of Peter Keough's review of The Avengers ("Awkward First Steps," Arts & Entertainment, May 4) — with his dismissal of Agent Phil Coulson's death as not "compelling" enough to rally a group of heroes into action.
The future -- for some
I think Amanda Palmer missed the reason she has such a broad, wide, and fervent fan base is because she was on Roadrunner in the first place.

Walk for Life

Trump for Vice-President
"I've been known as being a very smart guy for a long time."
Wall Street reform that will work
It is, in the immortal words of Yogi Berra, déjà vu all over again.
Why Elizabeth Warren is right — and why Romney won’t change
Like an alcoholic downing nips on the drive home from court-ordered rehabilitation, JPMorgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, could hardly wait to once again start wildly tossing depositors' money into derivative hedge bets — the very type of irresponsible behavior that nearly brought down all of Wall Street less than four years ago.

As the line between press and protester blurs, more and more reporters are getting cuffed--and worse--as they cover the counterculture

Game Change?
The bills, designed to choke off online piracy of movies, music, and pharmaceuticals, seemed greased for passage.
Your guide to Netroots Nation 2012
So many panels, so many receptions, so many opportunities to get filthy drunk. It's hard to know where to begin. Well, you've come to right place.
PHOTOS: NATO demonstrations in Chicago
#NoNATO actions in the Windy City

This brief transit

Chinatown Hypnosis Case Bull, Says Renowned Mentalist
Not so amazing
Watertown vs. Walmart
Some 75 people stand holding signs along Watertown's Arsenal Street on Saturday morning as Mike Mandel shouts their goal: to keep Walmart from moving in up the road.
Looney Tunes' new home
Pat McGrath is a realist.

A backstage diary

666-pack: Music to groove the savage Beasties
This article originally appeared in the January 13, 1987, issue of the Boston Phoenix.
Nick Cave: An Elvis From Hell
This article originally appeared in the July 24, 1984, issue of the Boston Phoenix.
Money Talks and Fans Walk
This article was originally published in the September 29, 1995 issue of the Boston Phoenix.