AltWeeklies Wire
Asperger's Advocacy Groups Just Can't Get Alongnew
Two different Massachusetts groups that want to raise awareness about Asperger's syndrome, a disorder characterized by chronic social awkwardness, are backing two different bills, promoted by two different legislators, that would do almost exactly the same thing.
Dig Boston |
Julia Reischel |
10-11-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
'The Darjeeling Limited': Hop on the Bastard Expressnew
With Darjeeling, Anderson has pared things down to what he cares about most: severely damaged-but-lovable rich brats and their photogenic knickknacks.
Dig Boston |
Julia Reischel |
10-04-2007 |
Reviews
Pro-Casino Arguments Ain't Nothing but a Mathqueradenew
Outside of Dr. Clyde Barrow's papers and studies that casinos have funded, hard numbers for casinos' economic benefits, by and large, don't exist -- and if it's problematic that Gov. Deval Patrick built a major policy decision on one man's research, it's doubly so that that research comes with a warning from the governor's own staff.
Dig Boston |
Julia Reischel and Paul McMorrow |
09-27-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Silly Fetishists, Sex Isn't for Feetnew
An incident in Cambridge last month illuminates the fact that Massachusetts law makes it nearly impossible for anyone without vanilla sexual tastes to commit sexual assault.
Dig Boston |
Julia Reischel |
09-20-2007 |
Sex
Gay Marriage Scorecard: Winners & Losersnew
Last week's Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, which killed the Protection of Marriage Amendment and enshrined gay marriage until at least 2012, changes everything.
Dig Boston |
Julia Reischel and Paul McMorrow |
06-21-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
'Buddy': Plundering Domes and Taking Namesnew
This epic documentary spans the entirety of Cianci's record-setting career as mayor of Providence.
Dig Boston |
Julia Reischel |
06-21-2007 |
Reviews
Gentrification Hits a Glut in Bostonnew
The South Boston neighborhood's mammoth new million-dollar condos are disconcertingly empty, while other projects in the area have been stalled for months.
Dig Boston |
Julia Reischel |
05-31-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Flirting with Solarnew
What does it take to get into bed with renewable energy's biggest tease?
Dig Boston |
Julia Reischel |
05-10-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Emo for Jesusnew
How emerging Christians will bring Boston back to God.
Dig Boston |
Julia Reischel |
04-04-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Barbers Are Red Over Blue Lawsnew
A working stiff now has to endure his razor-stropping without State Street Barbers' complimentary bottle of beer, because the Commonwealth's Board of Registration of Barbers has just put the kibosh on barbershop alcohol.
Dig Boston |
Julia Reischel |
03-14-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Quackle: Brute Force Scrabblenew
The world's best Scrabble player lives at MIT, but he's not human.
Dig Boston |
Julia Reischel |
03-07-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
A Big, Fat Gamblenew
As Massachusetts considers allowing its citizens to become trembling slot zombies, we debunk casino gambling's big promises.
Dig Boston |
Julia Reischel |
02-22-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Overqualifiednew
Broke and out of work, two Harvard-educated actors tackle the tutoring racket.
Dig Boston |
Julia Reischel |
06-15-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
