How the Kindle will save the newspaper industry
Newspapers are dead. That seems to be the prevailing consensus, and was my own up until very recently. Newspapers provide a very important service to the local community and society …
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Newspapers are dead. That seems to be the prevailing consensus, and was my own up until very recently. Newspapers provide a very important service to the local community and society …
Read MoreScott Brown’s victory tonight is a political earthquake that will be felt throughout the country. This little-known Republican state senator defeated a large and powerful Democratic machine that has defined …
Read MoreToday is the Massachusetts Senate Special Election. The seat up for grabs was held by the late Senator Kennedy for 46 years. His passing marked the end of America’s best …
Read MoreAgganis Arena is home to one of the few things I truly care for, BU hockey. Agganis is one of the best places to watch a hockey game, and has …
Read MoreFew politicians these days have the personality of Boris Johnson, the current Mayor of London, who was elected in 2008. Boris, who has some of the world’s greatest hair ever, …
Read MoreNovember 9th will see the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Last week I spoke with Jonathan Zatlin, a BU associate professor, about how The Wall fell …
Read MoreA bill has recently been introduced in the Massachusetts Legislature that would replace the current system of mandatory private health care coverage with a new single payer system to be …
Read MoreThis Thursday will see the final meeting of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority Board. The authority will wrap up operations on November 1, when it will merge with the MBTA and …
Read MoreWell, it is difficult to describe the utter shock I felt when I awoke this early afternoon and saw that Barack Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize. For What? …
Read MoreHealth care reform has proven far more difficult to pull off for the Obama Administration than they seem to realize. No issue has polarized and paralyzed the nation so completely …
Read MoreThe sudden arrest of Roman Polanski in Switzerland came as a surprise to many. Having been “on the run” since 1978, few thought that he would ever be caught and …
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