Dig Boston | Paul McMorrow

"The Mitt Romney Assisted Suicide Initiative," "Landsmark Revisited," and "Brian Lees"new

AltWeeklies Award - News Story (1500 words or less)

Dig Boston | Paul McMorrow | 04-21-2008 | Media

Tags: media

Bomb Baitnew

AltWeeklies Award - Investigative Reporting

Dig Boston | Paul McMorrow | 04-21-2008 | Media

Tags: media

Seeking Status as (Electoral) College Dropoutsnew

Before a crowded State House hearing room, legislators and activists assailed the College's undemocratic nature, its origins in slavery and the way it concentrates money and attention in a handful of battleground states, to the exclusion of the rest of the country's votes.

Dig Boston | Paul McMorrow | 09-27-2007 | Politics

Tags: College, electoral

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

Have Your Fall Books Yet?new

This autumn, hide inside, shun the cruel farce known as "society" and spend time with the one friend who won't ultimately betray you and leave you for dead: the printed word.

Dig Boston | Paul McMorrow | 09-20-2007 | Books

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

Claw Money: Crime Paysnew

New York City's infamous graffiti queen, stylist, and fashion magnate got tired of other people, be they admirers or haters, trying to pin her down -- so she tossed her latest monograph, Bombshell: The Life and Crimes of Claw Money, at their domes.

Dig Boston | Paul McMorrow | 05-10-2007 | Art

Tags: visual arts

Gonged! Boston City Clerks Smack Down Legislatorsnew

Windy local politicians get the hint -- with the help of a bell.

Dig Boston | Paul McMorrow | 04-18-2007 | Politics

Start Snitchin': Crime Tips Don't Pay Enoughnew

Criminals stay on the street because residents, fearful of retaliation, refuse to share information with police.

Dig Boston | Paul McMorrow | 04-18-2007 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Boston's New Free Daily Has a New Writer: Younew

To hear the founders talk about it, BostonNOW isn't just trying to grab a piece of the commuter-freebie market. Instead, they say, they're going to save the newspaper industry.

Dig Boston | Paul McMorrow | 04-04-2007 | Media

Tags: media

Is Gov. Deval Patrick's Budget Fucked?new

Signs point to "yes."

Dig Boston | Paul McMorrow | 03-07-2007 | Politics

State House to Rescue Troops?new

With debate over a vanilla anti-war resolution hopelessly deadlocked in the grownup Senate, all types of local officials -- including Mass. state senators -- are jumping into the diplomacy game.

Dig Boston | Paul McMorrow | 02-14-2007 | War

Tags: Iraq, WAR, in