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Sustainability , Feb. 21, 2013 - 5:48 pm
It isn't officially out until Sunday, but already, 5 people have sent me pointers to The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food, which leads the New York Times Magazine this Sunday. I'll have comments about the story...
Sustainability , Feb. 21, 2013 - 5:37 pm
BSMW Blog Headlines , Feb. 21, 2013 - 12:00 pm
I half expected to tune into 93,7 FM this morning and find John Dennis gone. Instead, both Dennis and Gerry Callahan were there, and they were joined by Kirk Minihane, who, as Chad Finn reports, will be the third host, and...
Clueless in Boston , Feb. 21, 2013 - 11:30 am
Taken a couple of weeks ago in the large open plaza near South Station between Atlantic Ave. and Purchase St.
BSMW Blog Headlines , Feb. 21, 2013 - 11:23 am
John Dennis is safe (for now). Chad Finn is reporting Kirk Minihane will be joining Gerry Callahan and Dennis on the “Dennis and Callahan” morning show on WEEI, not as a sports flash anchor, but as an equal voice...
Blue Mass. Group , Feb. 21, 2013 - 10:40 am
Not the typical gathering one sees outside of Symphony Hall! - promoted by david Event attendees at Boston’s Symphony Hall were in for a different kind of entertainment this week, as more than 150 local seniors and...
Media Nation , Feb. 21, 2013 - 9:53 am
There’s a name I left out in my earlier post on the possible sale of The Boston Globe: Rick Daniels, a former top Globe executive who, in December, left GateHouse Media New England, where he was president. Not long...
Blue Mass. Group , Feb. 21, 2013 - 8:05 am
It's a business. - promoted by Bob_Neer I just received this email.  Link to the donation page is here. Christopher – Americans are fighters. We are tough, resourceful, and creative. If we have the chance to fight...
Sustainability , Feb. 21, 2013 - 7:34 am
This is the last in a trio of entries (Part 1, Part 2) about a guest blogger Sara Ross's post at the maize-pimping website Corn Commentary that talks about "misconceptions" around high fructose corn syrup. It wasn't so...
Massachusetts Liberal , Feb. 21, 2013 - 6:27 am
The Boring Broadsheet in the Murdoch stable? That's the juiciest of the rumors afloat as the New York Times once again puts the Boston Globe and Worcester Telegram on the auction block.The former owner of Boston Herald is...
Blue Mass. Group , Feb. 21, 2013 - 5:16 am
Richard Stutman is President of the Boston Teachers Union, and a VP of Massachusetts AFL-CIO. - promoted by charley-on-the-mta Opponents of increasing government investment often adopt the mantra of “doing more with less...
YourArlington.com , Feb. 21, 2013 - 2:00 am
Rep. Jay Kaufman's award-winning public-policy forum, "Open House," welcomes the State House delegation representing Lexington and Woburn, municipalities that make up the newly configured 15th Middlesex House District....
YourArlington.com , Feb. 21, 2013 - 2:00 am
Rep. Jay Kaufman's award-winning public-policy forum, "Open House," welcomes the State House delegation representing Lexington and Woburn, municipalities that make up the newly configured 15th Middlesex House District....
YourArlington.com , Feb. 21, 2013 - 2:00 am
Rep. Jay Kaufman's award-winning public-policy forum, "Open House," welcomes the State House delegation representing Lexington and Woburn, municipalities that make up the newly configured 15th Middlesex House District....
BSMW Blog Headlines , Feb. 20, 2013 - 10:00 pm
Celtics (44-15) vs. Utah (20-42) February 20, 1980 Salt Palace The Celtics’ February road trip included a homecoming of sorts for Pete Maravich and Jeff Judkins. Pistol Pete’s career had been derailed in Utah...
Boston Biker , Feb. 20, 2013 - 9:09 pm
For the record: first cycling isn’t dangerous, getting hit by a car is dangerous. Second, cycling is a lot less wimpy than sitting at your desk and talking out your ass about stuff you don’t know anything about...
Secretly Ironic , Feb. 20, 2013 - 8:26 pm
The lengthy and depressing article from the NYT about how college degrees are now required for menial jobs includes this perfect closing quotation: “You know, if we had someone here with just a G.E.D. or something, I...
JimSullivanINK , Feb. 20, 2013 - 7:53 pm
Fri. Feb. 22 - Sun. Feb. 24Believe me, I didn't remember these dates from memory, but I do know that an animated Beatles cartoon series ran on ABC during my early wonder years and every Saturday morning I sat in front of...
Media Nation , Feb. 20, 2013 - 6:43 pm
As some of you no doubt already know, the New York Times Co. announced earlier today that it is seeking to sell The Boston Globe and its affiliated media properties, principally Boston.com and the Telegram & Gazette of...
YourArlington.com , Feb. 20, 2013 - 5:45 pm
A 30-year-old Arlington man was charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault Sunday, Feb. 17, after an early morning argument with his girlfriend at Newland Road. Arlington police charged Gregg Perry, who they...
YourArlington.com , Feb. 20, 2013 - 5:45 pm
A 30-year-old Arlington man was charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault Sunday, Feb. 17, after an early morning argument with his girlfriend at Newland Road. Arlington police charged Gregg Perry, who they...
YourArlington.com , Feb. 20, 2013 - 5:45 pm
A 30-year-old Arlington man was charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault Sunday, Feb. 17, after an early morning argument with his girlfriend at Newland Road. Arlington police charged Gregg Perry, who they...
Blue Mass. Group , Feb. 20, 2013 - 3:17 pm
Awesome. - promoted by charley-on-the-mta I don’t think that I have officially said it here. I am writing today to formally announce my support for Congressman Ed Markey’s campaign for U. S. Senate. There are...
High Tech in the Hub , Feb. 20, 2013 - 2:20 pm
With the programming language renaissance occurring in the post-cloud world (Chapel, Clojure, DART, F#, Fantom, GO, Haskell, Haxe, Scala, Node.js, X10) comes a real downside: languages can often result in vertical silos...