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Can the Charles River Esplanade be transformed into the world's best park?

Feb 8, 2012 7:14 pm

Seeing green What if in place of the current three-story Museum of Science parking garage overlooking the Charles River there loomed a giant Ferris wheel, on the order of the London Eye? IMAGINE...

Mitt's Charlie Card

Feb 8, 2012 7:11 pm

It's no surprise that Barack Obama would copy from Deval Patrick's re-election playbook. But why is Mitt Romney making Charlie Baker's mistakes? Last week, Mitt Romney stood uncomfortably to t...

He will not be moved

Feb 3, 2012 5:17 pm

As a drug dealer, rapper, and clothing designer, Antonio Ennis was stabbed, jailed, and flamed by the media. Now he faces his nastiest adversary yet big banks. A few months ago, Boston hip-hop v...

New vision for the Esplanade

Feb 1, 2012 10:49 pm

Urban Affairs On February 9, Boston is due to get an eye-popping new look at one of the city's oldest, most beloved public spaces the Charles River Esplanade. On February 9, Boston is due to ...

The Massachusetts legislature is the principal roadblock to putting the state's criminal-justice system on the right track

Feb 1, 2012 10:05 pm

House of Incorrections As you read this, Beacon Hill is debating a "three-strikes" crime bill, while waiting for the US Attorney's Office to hand down indictments in the scandal over...

Remembering Kevin

Feb 1, 2012 8:30 pm

The paradox of the White years Tuesday's Parkman House wake on Beacon Hill for former Boston Mayor Kevin H. White, who died last week at age 82 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease, was ...

Mega Up Yours

Feb 1, 2012 7:18 pm

Your files could be forfeit in the government's attack on Megaupload. Can the Entertainment industry take down cyberlockers entirely? This week, some 50 million users may begin to permanently los...

Rising Temperature

Jan 26, 2012 3:37 am

Letters to the Boston Phoenix editors, January 27, 2012 Occupy Boston is dealing with a deep and contentious issue, with no clear mandate one way or the other. To suggest that our process is flawe...

Obama's Vision: ''An America Built to Last''

Jan 26, 2012 3:14 am

Plus, Deval Patrick By any measure, President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech would have been considered a political winner, but coming just one day after the Republicans' constipated F...

Will Governor Patrick strike out?

Jan 26, 2012 3:11 am

Full Count Dept. Governor Deval Patrick used part of Monday's State of the Commonwealth address to break his public silence on pending law-enforcement legislation. HARDBALL Critical of Governo...

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The Green Mountain

Feb 8, 2012 2:00 pm

My childhood was spent in the small village of Givat Shmuel, a colony of religious and non-religious Jews, surrounded by citrus groves and caressed by gentle breezes. Today, the attractive local co...

Michaud Offers Amendment to Protect Veterans' Services

Feb 8, 2012 1:56 pm

Yesterday, Congressman Mike Michaud offered an amendment to H.R. 1734, a bill which would establish a BRAC-style commission to identify ways for the federal government to save money by reducing its...

U.S. will work with Israel in preventing a nuclear Iran, said Obama

Feb 8, 2012 1:53 pm

President Barack Obama stated on Sunday that the United States will cooperate with the Israeli government in preventing Iran from joining the world's "nuclear club." But Obama quickly note...

Pros and Cons of Pets

Feb 7, 2012 1:55 pm

There are pros and cons when it comes to owning pets. Before you adopt or buy one, you have to weigh these carefully. One of the biggest cons, unfortunately, is that if you have a child and the pet d...

Why Not Butanol?

Feb 7, 2012 1:50 pm

With its ability to attract moisture and clog fuel filters, it's no wonder America's boaters have not been thrilled with ethanol in gasoline, which today is most commonly found as a 10% blend and ...

Late-Week Cold Press to Affect Maine

Feb 7, 2012 4:49 am

Accuweather.com reports a press of cold air will drive southward late this week from the Upper Midwest to the interior mid-...

Uplifted Spirits Mixed with Shock at Eitam (Israel)

Feb 7, 2012 4:35 am

The land at the top of the hill is rocky, on the slopes there are plots that are easier to cultivate, filled with earth brought by the rains. The almond trees are almost ready to blossom, water in t...

Prisoners for Love

Feb 5, 2012 9:54 am

It is a story rooted in Ancient and Modern Chinese Culture. It is a story of an impossible love. It is a story I have heard so many times before, of families who refuse to allow their children to lo...

Nuts and bolts of news reporting -- "good old" days

Feb 5, 2012 8:20 am

I recall doing two or three stories of fires, which were "hot" enough to phone in to old Hot Fingers. One day Hot Fingers said to me over the phone, "We appreciate these quick fire st...

The Benefits of Social Media in the Classroom

Feb 5, 2012 8:17 am

With over 500 million Facebook users alone, social media is a phenomenon that cannot be ignored. Although some schools seem to think the answer is to ban it altogether, examples such as the ones ab...