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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Feds choose wealth over health

Many women have expressed concerns about new mammogram guidelines, including Republican Reps. Michele Bachmann, center, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, left, and Marsha Blackburn. Ladies, it appears they’re trying to kill us off. By the millions. ...

Paying the price for her father’s fame

Alexandra Forbes Kerry. The next time you ponder a ballot with dismay, noting it contains the same old deadwood,...
Friday, November 20, 2009

Deval’s Twittering away any hope of re-election

Massachusetts Governor Deval M. Patrick shows off his tweet message on his Twitter account to GBFB CEO and President Catherine D’Amato and later recorded a YouTube video live from a tour and volunteer session at the Greater Boston Food Bank. Is Deval Patrick trying to throw the election? Could he possibly get on the...

Union prez Richard Stutman fires back on teachers’ money

HIS SIDE OF THE STORY: Richard Stutman, president of the Boston Teachers Union, explains the bonus controversy. We stuck a symbolic dunce cap on Richard Stutman’s head the other day. And...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

‘Twilight’ sends moms howling at the ‘Moon’

Robert Pattinson signs autographs as he arrives at ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’ premiere in Westwood, Calif. Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. First they came for your low-slung jeans. Then they borrowed your Miley Cyrus CD....

For women, it’s a health-scare package

I am trying to contain my rage. Just days ago the House of Representatives passed health care legislation at the expense...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Final salute to a singular hero

DEA special agent Michael E. Weston It was, at first, a story about two Bay State sons - Marine Capts. Kyle Van de Giesen...

Cambridge Police Department ‘acting stupidly’ again

Sen. Anthony Galluccio, seen outside his State House office Monday, is due in Medford District Court Friday to face charges stemming from an Oct. 4 crash that injured a teenager. Finally, Barack Obama is right about the Cambridge PD - they have “acted stupidly,”...

Fans make wrong call after Bill Belichick gamble

DASH OF GENIUS: Patriots coach Bill Belichick came under fire for his fourth-down call Sunday night. An ancient adage holds that victory has a hundred fathers while defeat is always...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Sarah Palin at end of her 15 minutes? You betcha

In this Sept. 3, 2008 file photo, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, left, is joined by Republican presidential candidate John McCain, right, and daughter Piper at the end of her speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, M Running for president is “not on my radar screen,” Sarah Palin told Oprah...
Monday, November 16, 2009

Joe DeNucci knocks out rumors

Joesph DeNucci. Joe DeNucci sat in the kitchen of his Newton home Saturday morning, looking at the...
Sunday, November 15, 2009

9/11 trial opens slew of emotional wounds

SEEKING JUSTICE: Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, will be tried in federal court. Terrorists (from left) Ramzi Yousef, Zacarias Moussaoui and Richard C. Reid were all convict The struggle to determine what “just compensation” meant in the aftermath...

This GOP crazy train might be unstoppable

BACHMANN OVERDRIVE: Like Sarah Palin, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), seen here on Capitol Hill on Nov. 5, is a fierce — and often bizarre — conservative culture warrior. A little nutty or totally wacked? Totally wacked, for my money. But this...

Hackerama scorecard: From AG to Z

Attorney General Martha Coakley. Who will be the state’s next attorney general? Martha Coakley is going...
Saturday, November 14, 2009

No monopoly on madness

A veteran salutes the casket of a victim of the Fort Hood shootings. Mike, a frequent caller, was in a rage over Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army major charged...

UMass to allow bomber to speak

Local Coverage A fuming Gov. Deval Patrick is taking on University of Massachusetts officials who now...

Senate rivals bicker over health care

Local Politics U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano blasted Martha Coakley for opposing the landmark health-care...
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