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#MaHeritage

What would you add to a list of Massachusetts's 'intangible cultural heritage'? We asked, you answered — In 140 characters or less.
The things we're thankful for also tend to be the things that bind us together.
By BOSTON PHOENIX STAFF | November 24, 2010

Flashbacks

For the week of January 13
The Boston Phoenix has been covering the trends and events that shape our times since 1966. These selections, culled from our back files, were compiled by Ian Sands.
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Communication breakdown

How did Deval Patrick's greatest strength become a dangerous weakness?
You campaign in poetry, Mario Cuomo famously claimed, but you govern in prose. Don’t buy the dichotomy.
By ADAM REILLY | April 24, 2008

Can Obama lasso the Bay State?

Once considered sure Clinton country, the Massachusetts primary is now a shootout
Nobody around here forgets that Deval Patrick swiped the gubernatorial nomination from the establishment-backed Tom Reilly.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | January 23, 2008

Mitt’s thorny threesome

How will a trio of new media developments affect the Romney presidential campaign?
Whatever Mitt Romney is doing in a few years, he’ll always have the Summer of ’07.
By ADAM REILLY | August 22, 2007

Rebirth of a salesman

The return of Russel Pergament
He’s going too fast.
By ADAM REILLY | April 25, 2007

Beacon Hill flux

Travaglini exits, Murray ascends, Patrick innovates
“Style,” according to Alfred North Whitehead, “is the ultimate morality of the mind.”
By EDITORIAL | March 28, 2007

Sympathy for McNamara

Blowback
In the January 10 Boston Globe , columnist Eileen McNamara sized up the legacy of long-time South Boston city councilor Jimmy Kelly, who died the day before.
By ADAM REILLY | January 17, 2007

Go for the gelt

Romney woos the jews. Plus, The Mass GOP fails to anoint a leader; negative funding in ’06; and a slow start to the at-large city council field
Much has been made of how Mitt Romney has been courting evangelical-Christian support for his presidential ambitions. But Romney is also seeking friends — and, more important, money — among Jews.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | January 10, 2007

Seven for seven

What’s news in the New Year? Plan on these stories dominating Boston’s media landscape.
While coverage of the Red Sox is always excessive (except for the sweet deals they get from the politicians, but whatever), the arrival of Daisuke Matsuzaka will make things even worse than usual.
By ADAM REILLY | December 29, 2006

After the election

Gay-marriage opponents intervene — and fail
When legislators buried the marriage amendment without a vote at the November 9 Constitutional Convention, it was a good sign that pols have nothing to fear politically from same-sex marriage opponents.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | November 29, 2006

Flashbacks: November 10, 2006

The Boston Phoenix has been covering the trends and events that shape our times since 1966.
The Boston Phoenix has been covering the trends and events that shape our times since 1966.
By FLASHBACKS | November 08, 2006

Putting the ‘e’ in campaigns

The netroots get real in the Bay State, and the secret behind Joan Vennochi’s e-coup.
It’s becoming clear that there’s more to the political blogosphere than just blahg, blahg, blahg.
By JOHN CARROLL | August 30, 2006

Plogging away

Plus, Romney’s small-town clips
When asked about the Internet, most political candidates will dutifully tell you that it’s the wave of the future, or the wave of the present, or the greatest thing since chocolate-chip bagels, or … zzzzzz … wake me when baseball’s post-season starts.
By JOHN CARROLL | August 23, 2006

The Dems are coming

Can any of these guys take back the Governor’s office?
Here are three admittedly subjective, shoot-from-the-hip snapshots of the three Democratic candidates for governor.
By ADAM REILLY AND DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | June 02, 2006

99 and 44/100 percent pure

Tom Reilly’s squeaky-clean image loses some luster
Forget about whether Attorney General Tom Reilly did the right thing. The question now is whether his candidacy for governor is damaged goods.
By ADAM REILLY | January 24, 2006

Romney's first draft

The Massachusetts media could play a big role in shaping Mitt’s ’08 bid — or close to none at all
If a few recent incidents are any indication, Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, widely viewed as a likely Republican presidential hopeful in 2008, is quite concerned about the hometown press.
By MARK JURKOWITZ | January 19, 2006