Lo Còr de la Plana invade Boston
“Un jour ou l’autre, parlera l’Europe marseillais” — “Sooner or later, Europe will speak Marseille.”
By JEFFREY GANTZ | October 02, 2008

Power talk

Going green
Two upcoming debates will likely address environmental topics and how they impact jobs, climate change, and our national priorities.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | October 02, 2008

France's Occitan New Wave
The singing groups of the South of France draw on everything from mediæval pilgrimage chants and troubadour poetry to contemporary rap and ragga.
By JEFFREY GANTZ | October 01, 2008

Crossword: ''You can look it up''

Eight entries from eight decades of the OED.

By MATT JONES | October 01, 2008

A real cool hand

Whether acting, acting up, or sharing his wealth, Newman was the man
Sad news got to P+J about the passing of American legend Paul Newman.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | October 01, 2008

Activists pitch green jobs as a win-win for Rhode Island

Clean Energy
With global warming looming and the US economy in a mess, environmentalists have a simple answer for promoting environmental protection and economic development.
By IAN DONNIS | September 25, 2008

Post-daily

Press releases
After leaving daily newspapers, where do journalists go?
By JEFF INGLIS | September 25, 2008

Oil's well

Twelve American universities with Persian Gulf campuses

By HARVEY SILVERGLATE AND KYLE SMEALLIE | September 25, 2008

True dat?

Rory O’Connor ponders the future of journalistic trust at Harvard
Rory O’Connor’s timing couldn’t be much better.
By ADAM REILLY | September 25, 2008

Are universities selling out to oil nations?

As big bucks beckon, Gulf campuses of American universities are booming
As Academia searches for elusive dollars in a downward economy, oil-rich nations are enticing American schools to open satellite campuses in the Gulf.
By HARVEY SILVERGLATE | September 25, 2008

Will FairPoint run out of money?

Land-line woes
Wall Street’s melt down could burn consumers throughout Northern New England — especially those in Maine.
By JEFF INGLIS | September 17, 2008

Computer At Sea

At Geno's, September 5
A mysterious man in a futuristic space suit stood before a table of electronic devices.
By CHAD CHAMBERLIN | September 10, 2008

Could algae be the answer for Rhode Island’s heating needs?

Weird Science
Scot Comey believes old mills in places like Pawtucket can be turned into incubators for strains of algae that can be grown without sunlight and turned into home heating oil.
By CARROLL ANDREW MORSE | September 10, 2008

Bangkok Dangerous

Like a Nine Inch Nails video in need of trimming for YouTube
For genre fare Hollywood has long turned to Asia for a creative spark.
By TOM MEEK | September 09, 2008

Road worriers

Obscene gas prices, stolen equipment, broken vans, no sleep -- so why do bands still go on tour?
Right around this time 10 years ago, our van died in the desert plains of Arizona on some godless stretch of I-8.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | September 04, 2008

Dawg days

The 2008 campaign is turning out to be our first-ever American Idol election
Despite gains by blogs, podcasts, and social-networking Web sites, television is still our dominant mass medium.
By STEVEN STARK | September 03, 2008

Whole new ball game

Politics and other mistakes
John Frary is a politician in the same sense that I’m the commissioner of Major League Baseball.
By AL DIAMON | September 04, 2008

In crisis, there is opportunity

Jobs are out there, even with the Internet remaking the media business
The news about the news business is bleak.
By A.J. PACITTI | August 27, 2008

Out of this world

Benjamin Rosenbaum’s The Ant King
The worlds Rosenbaum creates feel less like a separate or “alternate” reality and more like a colorful, if complicated, extension of the one we know.
By NINA MACLAUGHLIN | August 26, 2008

Portland City Council highlights water needs

Water ways
City councilor Dave Marshall will speak at this Wednesday’s farmers’ market in Monument Square about the importance of creating a national water trust fund.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | August 20, 2008