It’s Hillary: get over it

With Joe Biden announcing it was too late for him to get into the Presidential campaign, her effective performances at last week's debate  and  yesterday's Benghazi hearing,  former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seems the inevitable nominee of the Democratic Party---unless the ongoing FBI investigation leads to an indictment. Given the  sour public mood and  upside-down …

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This time, the Phoenix does not rise

The announcement yesterday that the Boston Phoenix is ceasing publication marks the end of an era, an era of substantive, long-form journalism.  Jim Barron and I wrote for the paper back in the 1970's.  It was the place to be, along with The Village Voice,  the best of alternative journalism. Back in 1975, Jim Barron and …

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