Evan Bayh

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The question of Iran

Plus, Tim Flaherty for State Senator
Once again, Washington’s gunslingers are agitating for a war with Iran. Cheered on by Fox News and enabled by uncritical talking heads such as NBC’s David Gregory and PBS’s Charlie Rose, the let’s-bomb-or-invade-or-maybe-do-both-to-Iran brigade is busy softening up public opinion for a war they seem to think is inevitable.
By EDITORIAL | April 07, 2010

Bouquets all around

P+J spread the love; haigiography; hate-mongers in the Biggest Little
While it is difficult to be very jolly during February, P+J are in a generous mood and are willing to salute a few people, rather than dissect them. Yes, we are just wonderful.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | February 24, 2010

Might as well jump

Recent retirements of key democrats paint a picture of a powerful Republican rogue wave forming. So why are high-profile Republicans jumping ship too?
Last Thursday, Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island — the last of his legendary clan in Congress — announced that he will not run for re-election.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | February 22, 2010

Crossword: ''Triple threats''

Five names, one unusual pattern
Five names, one unusual pattern
By MATT JONES | April 16, 2009

Sex, violence and video games

Reconciling the irreconcilable
Popular culture has always had a bogeyman. These days, it’s most often video games being accused of leading the nation’s youth astray.
By MITCH KRPATA | April 23, 2008

Mood-swing votes

Fed up with politics-as-usual conventional candidates, the public may well be ready to embrace innovative outsiders
The nation’s political mood is shifting dramatically, and the campaign press has yet to notice the change.
By STEVEN STARK | October 31, 2007

The new armies of the ’net

Can pop technology ramp up public interest in politics?
More than a million people have downloaded the “Hello Garci” ring tone.
By ERICA SAGRANS | February 01, 2007

Seven for seven

What’s news in the New Year? Plan on these stories dominating Boston’s media landscape.
While coverage of the Red Sox is always excessive (except for the sweet deals they get from the politicians, but whatever), the arrival of Daisuke Matsuzaka will make things even worse than usual.
By ADAM REILLY | December 29, 2006

Does Biden have the right stuff for 2008?

Talking politics
While the 2006 mid-term elections are over, the war in Iraq still rages.
By MATTHEW JERZYK | December 06, 2006

Higgins at large

This article originally appeared in the February 17, 1976 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By GEORGE V. HIGGINS | November 14, 2006

Deval’s New Hampshire Dilemma

Who to back, how to dis Mitt, and what about Nevada?
Mitt Romney has left Deval Patrick a full raft of problems, from last Friday’s out-of-the-blue unilateral cuts to the state budget to a broken downtown tunnel system people are afraid to drive through.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | November 14, 2006

Hunting the wild Deaniac

Mark Warner switches from right-winger to insurgent outsider. Will the grassroots buy it?
Former Virginia governor Mark Warner was in New Hampshire last weekend trying very badly to capture the insurgent-outsider mantle that Howard Dean almost rode to the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | August 29, 2006