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Champion Lockpicker Schuyler Towne Can't Be Stoppednew
It's too bad Skip Gates didn't have Schuyler Towne's cell number on that fateful day last month. If he did, the Somerville-based lockpicking champ likely could have gotten in to the good professor's home in no time at all, and a national controversy (and international beer summit) might have been averted.
Boston Phoenix |
Ian Sands |
08-06-2009 |
Culture
The Dream Is Alive: During the Week History Was Made in Washington, Words From Kingnew
The Obama administration has lots of challenges; race is only one. But the top guns would do well to listen to King's description of the Jewish/black partnership: "Our unity is born of our common struggle for centuries, not only to rid ourselves of bondage, but to make oppression of any people by others an impossibility."
Miami New Times |
Chuck Strouse |
01-26-2009 |
Commentary
Movie Buzz: Low-Concept Fare Takes Over Movie Houses
Critically lauded movies are being run out of movie houses by low-concept fare like Paul Blart: Mall Cop and My Bloody Valentine 3-D.
Metro Spirit |
Mariah Gardner |
01-12-2009 |
Movies
Tennessee Fords' Legal Troubles Continuenew
In the long-running epic series The United States v. The Fords of Memphis, John Ford is about to reclaim the starring role.
The Memphis Flyer |
John Branston |
06-06-2008 |
Politics
Forty Years After His Death, King's Legacy Lives Onnew
Like Dec. 7, 1941, Nov. 22, 1963, and Sept. 11, 2001, April 4, 1968 is a date that's forever etched upon many people's minds.
A Queen Among Thievesnew
We can only admire the widow who wiped off her tears and went to work to ensure that the best of her husband's legacy was kept alive in the hearts and minds of Americans of good will.
New York Press |
Michael Meyers |
02-09-2006 |
Commentary
Globe-al Anxietynew
What will the shake-up at the Boston Globe mean for the paper, the editor, the remaining staff and the city itself?
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Jurkowitz |
01-12-2006 |
Media
Apocalypse Whatevernew
Jarhead, the Waiting for Godot of war movies, gets lost in the desert.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-07-2005 |
Reviews
The Good Soldiernew
Novelist Anthony Swofford says he won't play politics with Jarhead.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Readership Drops for Miami's Black Papernew
The once-vibrant Miami Times has been withering ever since Rachel Reeves took over the publication from her father.
Miami New Times |
Rebecca Wakefield |
07-06-2005 |
Media
Tags: Miami Herald, Jr., after Miami police officer William Lozano, and Garth Reeves, black motorist Arthur McDuffie, Clement Lloyd, Former Miami Times reporter Wilson Louis Bahamian-born publisher Garth Reeves and his Indo-Guyanese managing editor, Garth Reeves, Garth Reeves and his daughter Rachel Reeves, Henry E. S. Reeves, Jonathan Postal, Mohamed Hamaludin, race riots, Sr. (left)
Special Agent Jane Turner vs. the FBInew
Before Coleen Rowley, there was another whistleblower who rose from the ranks of the Minneapolis FBI division. Retired agent Jane Turner describes the Bureau's good old boy management culture -- and how it goes about silencing its internal critics.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
10-07-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation, COINTELPRO, amber alert, fitness of duty, intimidation, Louis Freeh, of J. Edgar Hoover, of surveillance, Patty Wetterling, post-traumatic stress, Robert Mueller, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Tiffany crystal globe, World Trade Center artifacts, crime & justice
