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Time Traveler Sets His Sights on 1955new
Being black wasn't the only complicating factor UConn theoretical physics professor Ronald Mallett faced on the road to tenure. The other was his secret goal to build a time machine.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-16-2008 |
Science
Searching for National Identity in 'State By State'new
An American anthology offers proof that despite the intractable antipathy between red and blue, despite the creeping sameness imposed by chains and big boxes, despite the fact that 81 percent of its citizens feel the U.S. has gone off the rails, this is still a wondrously diverse country, with great cause for self-confidence.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
09-25-2008 |
Nonfiction
The Amazing Life and Mysterious Death of Peter Iversnew
You've probably never heard of Peter Ivers. But the Massachusetts-born, Harvard-educated free spirit was a sort of Zelig of the late-'60s-to-early-'80s pop-cultural scene. And somebody beat him to death.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
09-11-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Death of a Hoop Dreamnew
Mario Hornsby Jr. had turned his life around and was set to play basketball at Brandeis this fall -- but a bullet ended those plans. Now his father is trying to make sure his death was not in vain.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
08-28-2008 |
Crime & Justice
What's So Funny About Baseball Cartoons?new
Cartoon of catchers talking to pitchers are a New Yorker tradition -- but why?
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
08-14-2008 |
Media
Eight Olympians To Watchnew
Sometimes we'd rather root for the unknowns, the underdogs, and the uniques than the professional jerks who are only competing to sweeten their endorsement deals.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
08-07-2008 |
Sports
Sid and Marty Krofft Show MySpace How Psychedelia’s Really Donenew
With a movie version of the Kroffts' Land of the Lost (starring Will Ferrell) due out in 2009, Sid and Marty are trying to woo a new demo by partnering with MySpace TV.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
07-31-2008 |
TV
Where Has All the Gonzo Gone?new
In the first presidential election since the death of Hunter S. Thompson, we finally realize what we've lost.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
07-31-2008 |
Media
Wait, Who Is This?new
Andrew Earles and Jeffrey Jensen shine the dim light of cultural obscurity on the prank phone call.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
07-17-2008 |
Performance
We're Number 48! Mass. Drivers Really Do Sucknew
According to a recently published study, Massachusetts drivers really do suck, but motorists in New Jersey, New York, and DC suck more.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
06-19-2008 |
Transportation
Will Robots Take over the World and Eat Our Children?new
Our pitiful carbon bodies are evolving much more slowly than the silicon and steel gizmos we're inventing. And the guys in the lab coats and pocket protectors are starting to worry we've opened Pandora's hard drive.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
05-22-2008 |
Tech
Tags: robots, computers & technology
Howard Zinn Never Figured He'd Be in a Comic Booknew
But there he is in the new A People's History of American Empire, in which artist Mike Konopacki and historian Paul Buhle commingle the scholarship of Zinn's A People's History of the United States with the personal recollections of his memoir, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
04-17-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Assy McGee is the Butt of the Jokenew
Clambake Animation has created one of the more unique characters ever to waddle across a television screen -- a walking, talking pair of heinie cheeks named Assy McGee.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
04-10-2008 |
TV
Seventh-Sinning Stretchnew
Baseball is a game of verdant fields, balletic athleticism, cheating, meanness, corruption and greed. Seven books chronicle the dark side of the diamond.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
03-20-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Comcast Fights Dirtynew
Reporters couldn't get into the net-neutrality conference at Harvard because Comcast had "reserved" so many seats -- for people who fell asleep.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
02-29-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
