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Unsexy Appeal

Letters to the Boston editor, April 9, 2010
The annual “Unsexiest Men” survey (April 2) panders to and cultivates negative, cheap-shot male bashing.
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS | April 07, 2010

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Black History Month lands on City Hall

Panther Party
Members of Boston's Black Ministerial Alliance might resent New Black Panther Party soldier Jamarhl Crawford for his persistently blasting them as crooks and opportunists.
By CHRIS FARAONE | February 25, 2009

The political virgins

With a crucial state-legislature session looming, Boston residents turn to untested newbies to fight for their share of the pie
At this incalculably critical time — with a fiscal nightmare threatening billions of dollars of state-government spending and momentous budget decisions to be made — everyone in Massachusetts wants to be represented on Beacon Hill by someone with clout.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | January 09, 2009

City Hall domino effect

Sam Yoon starts the MayorMania
Political prospects are being reassessed inside the rumor-hungry walls of City Hall, all because of an invitation to a party 3000 miles away.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | October 22, 2008

Malign neglect

Are the media abetting the death of Boston politics?
If, as the Globe editorial page put it, Boston politics need CPR, why is the press idly standing by?
By ADAM REILLY | November 14, 2007

Deadbeat universities

It’s time for higher education to pay its fair share of city costs. Plus, how to improve the Boston City Council.
No college should be allowed to cry poverty to get out of PILOT anymore.
By EDITORIAL | November 14, 2007

Murphy’s big tent

In his bid for re-election, city councilor Stephen Murphy has collected a combustible group of allies, from Dapper to Deval
In the past few years, Murphy has recast himself to reflect the changing city.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | October 17, 2007

Beware of falling scabs

Downside
Boston drivers can be excused for being a tad skittish about falling objects, after experiencing two motorist fatalities in 2006.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | August 22, 2007

Incumbency

How Wilkerson, Galvin, and Murphy are using it
After state Senator Dianne Wilkerson’s bizarre failure, earlier this year, to collect enough signatures to get on September’s Democratic primary ballot, an obvious question loomed: did the senator still want her job?
By ADAM REILLY | August 02, 2006