AltWeeklies Wire
The Year Of The Cheaternew
Why steroids, spying, and all those other sports scandals are actually good for fans.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
10-10-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Shriiimp on the Barbienew
Shriiimp, an Allston, Mass., and Montreal-based website and graffiti-artists' collective, encourages taggers to abandon traditional targets and decorate nude women.
Boston Phoenix |
Caitlin Curran |
10-10-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Damn You, Barack Obamanew
Small donors could put Obama over the top, but win or lose, they've have already brought a revolution in campaign financing.
Boston Phoenix |
Al Giordano |
09-27-2007 |
Politics
Touched by Gracenew
On Andre Dubus's unending gifts.
Boston Phoenix |
Nina MacLaughlin |
09-27-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: andre dubus
The 'Things' We Lovenew
Writers extol sacred objects of everyday use -- and uselessness -- in Taking Things Seriously and Evocative Objects.
Boston Phoenix |
Caitlin Curran |
09-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
The Greatest Travels Ever Toldnew
Penguin's Great Journeys series excerpts the great texts of travel literature, from Herodotus to Ernest Shackleton, in 10 slender and beautifully designed paperback volumes.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
09-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
Don't Taser-T Me, Bronew
Ah, the sweet stench of Internet entrepreneurship!
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
09-27-2007 |
Fashion
Tags: fashion
The Wisdom of Crowdsnew
Randall Munroe, the 22-year-old creator of the online comic xkcd, integrated the time and place into his story line, and 1000 people showed up.
Boston Phoenix |
Georgiana Cohen |
09-27-2007 |
Culture
The DEA's Bad-Faith War on Pain Doctorsnew

Drug-enforcement authorities have offer physicians little guidance, yet every year, the feds prosecute a handful of pain specialists for over-prescribing.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
09-27-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
2008's X Factorsnew
Independent voters and second-choice surges have the potential to shake up the primaries, boosting Rudy and Barack.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
09-27-2007 |
Commentary
The Dark Behind the Lightnew
Electrically speaking, Eastern Massachusetts hums along comfortably on Colombian coal, but the mines that provide it are devastating land and lives on that country's Guajira Peninsula.
Boston Phoenix |
Aviva Chomsky |
09-27-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Iran: The Next Crisisnew
Trying to make sense of Ahmadinejad at Columbia will not shed light on Bush's emerging plans to attack Iran.
Boston Phoenix |
Editorial |
09-27-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: Iran
'The War' Is Swellnew
Ken Burns's WW2 documentary seeks to impose truth on the legend. Still, the specifics of WW2 have been such a closely guarded (Greatest) generational secret that you want him to say more.
Boston Phoenix |
Clif Garboden |
09-24-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Has the Islamic Society of Boston Scared the Press Silent?new
Three lawsuits have been dropped, but local media still seems reluctant to tackle the ISB.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
09-24-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
More Angels in Americanew

Has well-traveled atheist Christopher Hitchens ever had doubts about his doubts?
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
09-24-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion