AltWeeklies Wire
Is Being Naked in the Public Square a Crime?new
In the finest Puritan tradition, Middlesex District Attorney Gerald Leone is crusading to save Harvard Square from the shock and awe of the nude human form. The next act of this absurd political-theater production will return to Cambridge District Court this Friday, at considerable expense to taxpayers.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate and James F. Tierney |
06-26-2008 |
Civil Liberties
One of Our Drummers Is Missingnew
Musician Vicente Lebron, born in the Dominican Republic, but has lived in the US for 38 years. During that time, he's traveled freely with his band, the Either/Orchestra. He has a Green Card. But now he's detained and held incommunicado by Homeland Security.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
06-26-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Score: Constitution 5, Gulags 4new
The supreme court's recent decision not only restored habeas-corpus rights to enemy combatants, but gave all of us one our most important civil-liberty victories to date.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
06-19-2008 |
Civil Liberties
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
Old and New Media Are Still Squaring Off in Jocklandnew
For some reason, though, the general coming-together of the typewriter and podcast sets doesn't extend to sports. To an extent unmatched in any other journalistic subgroup, the (mostly) men who write stories and columns on the world of sports seem to regard their web-based successors (also mostly men) with a potent mix of contempt and rage.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
06-19-2008 |
Media
Global Warming Means Sweating it Out This Summernew
"Going green" may be an annoying trendy catch phrase, but there's something to be said for turning down the global thermostat before we all drown in a pool of our own sweat.
Boston Phoenix |
Clif Garboden |
06-12-2008 |
Science
Skipping Gaily Down the Aislenew
Now that same-sex marriage is a reality in California, Hollywood is coming out in force. The ultimate gay-celebrity wedding planner.
Boston Phoenix |
Sarra Faith Alterman |
06-09-2008 |
LGBT
Will Psychedelic Drug Research Return to Harvard?new
Harvard has shied away from psychedelic drug research since they expunged Tim Leary and Baba Ram Dass for LSD abuse back in 1963. Now Dr. John Halpern is making his bid to bring hallucinogens back to campus.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Berbergal |
05-29-2008 |
Drugs
Jello Biafra Answers Michael Savagenew
When news broke of Senator Ted Kennedy's brain tumor, talk-radio host Michael Savage used the occasion to plumb the depths of tastelessness by playing 1979's "California Uber Alles" by -- you got it -- Dead Kennedys. That band's frontman had this to say in return.
Boston Phoenix |
Lance Gould |
05-22-2008 |
Media
When it Comes to Same-Sex Marriage, California Mattersnew
Massachusetts may have had gay marriage first, but California changes everything. Are Obama and Clinton listening?
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
05-22-2008 |
LGBT
It's Time for the Press to Cover John McCain Againnew
From his Islam problem to hints of misogyny, here are ten places for political reporters to start.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
05-15-2008 |
Media
The Wars Over Evolution Are Louder Than Evernew
One more time: who made the world? God? Natural selection? Or some ineffable combination of the two? Tuning into what Ben Stein, Bad Religion, and a physics prof from Massachusetts have to say about the latest attempts to justify the ways of God to man.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
05-12-2008 |
Religion
You Too Can Tap into People's Unconscious for a Livingnew
All it takes is an adult-ed course in hypnotherapy.
Boston Phoenix |
Neely Steinberg |
05-01-2008 |
Education
Tags: Education, hypnotherapy
Nowhere To Hide: College Gossip Blogs Exposednew
College detours into nymphomania and hedonism once were confined to campus. Today, internet gossip sites are turning nobodies into quasi-celebrities, snoopy students into paparazzi, and student journalists into gods who can make or break reputations.
Boston Phoenix |
Kara Baskin |
05-01-2008 |
Education
Your Degree Is Obsoletenew
In a mercurial job market, your college diploma may be useless before commencement's over. How can colleges prepare students for careers that haven't been invented?
Boston Phoenix |
F.S. Wolfe |
05-01-2008 |
Education
