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Wait Wait in Boston
NPR's weekly quiz show, Wait Wait....Don't Tell Me , visits the Wang Theatre with some recognizable panelists.
By JEFFREY GANTZ | November 14, 2008

Tax evasion

There is such a thing as a stupid question

By CHRIS FARAONE | October 29, 2008

Friends remember Alan Lupo

The Boston Phoenix is collecting memories from all those whose lives were touched by our friend and colleague, Alan Lupo.
By CLIF GARBODEN | October 22, 2008

The devastating wall street crisis has a potential silver lining — if you’re a Massachusetts politician looking for a foothold
The current US financial disaster will roil Massachusetts residents in myriad ways.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | October 08, 2008

Smoke screens

Does a surge of stoner movies mean America is going to pot?
What does it say about America that marijuana movies are a hot genre right now, perhaps hotter even than in the heyday of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong’s 1978 Up in Smoke ?
By PETER KEOUGH | August 18, 2008

Senate shuffle

Massachusetts hasn’t had a Senate-seat vacancy in nearly 25 years. Now we may have two. Let the speculation begin.
Don’t count Ted Kennedy out just yet, but the prognosis immediately set minds thinking about the inevitable departure of Kennedy from the US Senate, where he has served since 1962.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | August 27, 2008

Can Obama lasso the Bay State?

Once considered sure Clinton country, the Massachusetts primary is now a shootout
Nobody around here forgets that Deval Patrick swiped the gubernatorial nomination from the establishment-backed Tom Reilly.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | January 23, 2008

Come out, come out, wherever you are

GLBT students get by with a little help from EAGLE, BGLTSA, BAGELS, GAMIT, QWILLTS, GABLES, and NUBiLAGA
What if I’d been a guy in a Ren Faire dress?
By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | October 25, 2007

Taking the Fifth

The race for Marty Meehan’s congressionalseat is running below the radar, but it could hold the answers to a couple of burning political questions
The September 4 Democratic primary has compelling interest beyond the borders of the Fifth Congressional District.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | August 22, 2007

Tsongas tstrikes back

Letters to the Boston editor, August 3, 2007
The Niki Tsongas campaign is feeling tremendous momentum going into the final 40 days.
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS | August 01, 2007

Leftward ho!

How liberal can the Herald’s editorial page get?
The Daily Worker has nothing to fear — yet.
By ADAM REILLY | June 06, 2007

What Collins won't tell

Gay rights
We reported last week that Senator Susan Collins might, just might, have a soft spot in her heart for gays and lesbians.
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI | May 18, 2007

Bloch head

Should Karl Rove fear Bush’s house homophobe?
For three-and-a-half years, Scott Bloch has managed to hang onto his job as head of the federal government’s Office of Special Counsel.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | April 25, 2007

Lender bending

It’s time to rein in the student-loan industry. Plus, trying to make sense of the horror at Virginia Tech.
It should come as little surprise that financial institutions resort to heavy-handed and ethically shady tactics to increase their share of the student-loan business.
By EDITORIAL | April 18, 2007

The 100 unsexiest men 2007: 10-1

These guys couldn't turn on a radio

By | April 14, 2007

Worst in breed: Politics

The 100 Unsexiest men 2007
Who are the unsexiest politicians of 2007?
By PHOENIX STAFF | April 12, 2007

Worst in breed: Newsmakers

The 100 Unsexiest men 2007
Who are the unsexiest newsmaking men of 2007?
By PHOENIX STAFF | April 12, 2007

Massachusetts pols with money in hand but no place to go

Campaign finance
Had John Kerry decided to run for president again, the state’s political floodgates were ready to open.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | January 31, 2007

Nailing the GOP

New England Congressmen are sitting on some key committees

By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | January 24, 2007

Left out

Its population is stagnating and its vote is predictable. In the years to come, will the rest of the country care about New England?
When it comes to national politics, New England just ain’t what it used to be. Charting New England: The six states' political stats and facts. By David S. Bernstein
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | January 03, 2007

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