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Setting the Wang on fire

Boston Ballet's 'Ballets Russes'
Boston Ballet's 'Ballets Russes'
By JEFFREY GANTZ  |  May 22, 2009
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As bad as Wall Streeters

Even in our 24/7, blog-and-Twitter media world, commentators can barely seem to keep up with the worsening economic conditions.
The greed of Boston's unions is staggering
By EDITORIAL  |  March 11, 2009
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Can Sam Yoon win?

Recent elections, as you may have heard, have been about change.
An Obama loving city counselor aims to be mayor of Boston
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  February 11, 2009
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Artists get the shaft

On a tour of the studios at 337 Summer Street, Jen Mecca, a textile artist, points out some of the spaces recently vacated by artists and craftsmen, including a pair of furniture makers who left for Somerville.
The city gives Fort Point's creative residents the finger
By TED SIEFER  |  January 28, 2009

Who's to blame at the BFD?


In his column in today's Globe, Kevin Cullen makes the very reasonable point that not all Boston firefighters are bad eggs. But he also says...
By Adam Reilly  |  August 28, 2008
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Geography lessons

"You could put us in Anchorage or Alaska or Antarctica or even somewhere in the Himalayas, and at heart we’d still be from Boston.”
Street Dogs remain Boston to the core
By MATT ASHARE  |  June 24, 2008
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Earthquake!

Picture buildings from Southie to West Somerville reduced to rubble. Dozens of three-alarm fires all over town. Tunnels flooded with seawater.
The threat is real. It could happen here. Is the city ready?
By MIKE MILIARD  |  February 27, 2008
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The fire next time

When the firefighters union quit the special committee seeking to reform the Boston Fire Department this past week, it exhibited contempt for city residents and a reckless disregard for the safety of its own members.
The ugly dispute over testing firefighters for drugs and alcohol. Plus, rebuilding UMass Boston.
By EDITORIAL  |  December 20, 2007
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O + O = Passion

Obama and Oprah are the new power couple, supplanting — at least for the moment — Hillary and Bill.
Why Obama and Oprah matter. Plus, Menino’s do-nothing approach to “fixing” the fire department
By EDITORIAL  |  December 12, 2007
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Boston music news: November 30, 2007

The Milky Way Lounge & Lanes lives.
Notes on Casey Desmond and the Milky Way Lounge & Lanes
By JIM SULLIVAN  |  November 27, 2007
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The problem with heroes

Even the hardest-hearted news consumer had to wince this past week when the private autopsy results of Paul Cahill and Warren Payne were leaked to some of the press.

Lessons from the build-them-up, tear-them-down Boston firefighter backlash
By ADAM REILLY  |  October 10, 2007

A paper burns

This article originally appeared in the July 13, 1982 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
Fire at the Gay Community News
By DAVE O'BRIEN  |  July 12, 2007
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The artists are innocent

This was an obvious joke, as anyone under 25 would have known in an instant.
It's the media and politicians who blew this one
By HARVEY SILVERGLATE  |  February 02, 2007
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Bad Boston

Why are Bostonians so damn mean?
27 things that drive us crazy about the city we love
By PHOENIX STAFF  |  January 17, 2007

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