September 11

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American Idiot rocks out

The Boston premiere of Michael Mayor's staging
As the crowd spilled in for Tuesday night's Boston premiere of Green Day's American Idiot , necks craned and fingers pointed, mohawked guys in their mid-30s and elderly couples jostled for their seats alongside teenage girls in plaid skirts and suspenders.
By CASSANDRA LANDRY | January 26, 2012

9/11, Simple but dangerous

Letters to the Portland Phoenix editor, September 30, 2011
"Deirdre Fulton believes the truth is out there," eh? Thank you for your Portland Phoenix piece on 9/11 truth.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX LETTERS | September 28, 2011

Connecting dots from 9/11

Letters to the Portland Phoenix Editor, September 23, 2011
I read, so far just skimmed, your article on the 9/11 truth movement.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX LETTERS | September 21, 2011

A decade of awful air travel

Idiot Box
Celebrating the tenth anniversary of overzealous TSA frisking.
By MATT BORS | September 14, 2011

Context: What teachers are for

Letters to the Portland Phoenix Editor, September 16, 2011
How can it be called teaching if someone stands at the front of the class and delivers facts? A textbook can do that.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX LETTERS | September 14, 2011

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Commemorate 9/11 in your own way

Observances
Regardless of what you believe about 9/11, it is a day that deserves contemplation and commemoration. Here are some local events before, after, and on the 10th anniversary that will get your blood, brain, or heartstrings moving.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | September 07, 2011

A decade of turmoil

Rhode Island’s brightest minds on where we are now
9/11 has become such a given — such a fixed star in American culture and politics — that as the tenth anniversary approached, it was easy to imagine we had somehow come to terms with the attacks.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | September 07, 2011

Inside the 9/11 Truth Movement

Who are the people who want to know what really happened?
This week marks the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | September 07, 2011

The Narcicyst rises as hip-hop's preeminent post-9/11 auteur

Iraqnophobia
Less than a year ago, the Narcicyst was on his way to a speaking engagement at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington DC, when customs hawks stopped him in his tracks.
By CHRIS FARAONE | September 07, 2011

Whatever happened to Danville's giant mystery monkey?

Unfinished (monkey) business
The giant monkey of Danville was my symbol, back then, of the fin-de-siècle nadir in media fluffery, thankfully obsolesced in one grim morning.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | August 04, 2011

Airport upgrades

Hoopleville
Air travel choices have evolved.
By DAVID KISH | December 01, 2010

On the Ground Zero 'Mosque'

Plus, Rupert Murdoch buys the GOP
So what's the big deal? Muslims already pray in the Pentagon, which along with the obliterated World Trade Towers was the other successful terrorist target on September 11, 2001.
By EDITORIAL | August 19, 2010

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Afghanistan: Just say no!

Plus, Obama and the Nobel
The idea that the war in Afghanistan has reached a critical junction, a “now-or-never” moment that requires an additional 40,000 troops to win, is rubbish.
By EDITORIAL | October 14, 2009

Remembering 9-11

Eight years later
Eight years ago, on a sunny Tuesday September morning in New York City and Washington, DC, a sickeningly well-orchestrated terrorist attack took flight, in part, from Boston’s Logan International Airport.
By BOSTON PHOENIX STAFF | September 07, 2011

Cheney's latest crime

Plus, Coakley's welcome move against DOMA
As if there were any doubt, the latest CIA scandal once again reminds the nation that whatever former vice-president Dick Cheney touched turned to slime.
By EDITORIAL | July 15, 2009

Feel-good movie of the summer

Oliver Stone: from the Hollywood crackpot of JFK to the Republican sellout of World Trade Center
With the upcoming November elections poised to determine the future of Congress, what better gift could Republicans ask for than a popular Hollywood movie that conjures the image that for five years has granted them power and impunity? Watch the trailer for World Trade Center (QuickTime) Off-Center: Oliver Stone's trite take on 9/11. By Peter Keough
By PETER KEOUGH | August 10, 2006

From the ashes

Jay McInerney grows up
Honest, perceptive, and keenly felt, The Good Life — the story of two couples’ furtive, hesitant stabs at happiness in the brave and fearful new world of post-9/11 New York — is McInerney’s most mature and affecting book yet.
By MIKE MILIARD | February 22, 2006