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2008 Listravaganza Part 2

The lighter side of music in 2008
Everything you wanted to know about the year in music, in tidy lists of 10.
By BOSTON PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF  |  January 05, 2009
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Silence of the Sam

Want to know what your city council does? Sorry, they can't tell you.  
A seemingly simple attempt to provide Bostonians a small measure of good-government reform ran aground this past week.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  December 24, 2008

Chuck speaks

Letters to the Boston editor, December 26, 2008
Recently we received a letter from City Councilor Chuck Turner in response to both an article penned by Adam Reilly and a blog post by Chris Faraone.
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS  |  December 23, 2008
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Free for all

Is Mayor Menino getting White-washed? Plus, Sam Yoon's not-so-friendly skies
Striking parallels emerge between the upcoming mayor's race and the historic race of 1983.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  December 12, 2008

An accidentally tragic timeline

Letters to the Boston editor, December 12, 2008
Your “Terror Masala” article, unintentionally of course, is very timely in view of the atrocities in Mumbai.
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS  |  December 10, 2008
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All in the family

Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s New Yorker advertorial. Plus, Chuck turner goes all Chuck Norris.
The December 1 New Yorker featured a five-page story by Henry Louis Gates Jr. on his efforts to use DNA testing to clarify his ancestry.
By ADAM REILLY  |  December 08, 2008

The Chuck Turner conspiracy?

Unheard Voices
Sure, some news outlets have competently covered City Councilor Chuck Turner's recent arrest for allegedly accepting a cash bribe in exchange for a liquor license — and then lying about it.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  November 28, 2008
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A moral dilemma

State and local politics is paralyzed by fear
We need serious action and strong leadership — and a public trust that is unlikely to be given.
By EDITORIAL  |  November 26, 2008
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Free pass on gay hatred?

Turning a blind eye
Outside observers have been quick to criticize any signs of anti-Semitism connected to the new Roxbury mosque.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  November 24, 2008
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Menino's mosque

The bizarre story behind the construction of Boston's most controversial building
Most locals concede that getting anything of substance accomplished in Boston is a Herculean task.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  November 24, 2008
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City Hall domino effect

Sam Yoon starts the MayorMania
Political prospects are being reassessed inside the rumor-hungry walls of City Hall, all because of an invitation to a party 3000 miles away.  
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  October 22, 2008
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Virtual brotherhood

Uniting the world by two-way video
Three kids camped out in front of Brookline Booksmith’s storefront window in the middle of June and peered into a video screen broadcasting real-time views of a street corner in Dudley Square.
By IAN SANDS  |  June 25, 2008
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Biolab follies

How did BU's research facility go from slam dunk to almost sunk?
In the beginning — way back in the fall of 2003, when the “War on Terror” was still young — the notion that anything could derail the Boston University biolab seemed absurd.
By ADAM REILLY  |  April 07, 2008
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A stand against silence

The patriots’ offensive line
Their hearts were warmed by passion, despite the cold temperatures.
By NEELY STEINBERG  |  November 29, 2007
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Malign neglect

Are the media abetting the death of Boston politics?
If, as the Globe editorial page put it, Boston politics need CPR, why is the press idly standing by?
By ADAM REILLY  |  November 14, 2007
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Murphy’s big tent

In his bid for re-election, city councilor Stephen Murphy has collected a combustible group of allies, from Dapper to Deval
In the past few years, Murphy has recast himself to reflect the changing city.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  October 17, 2007
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Out on the street

Finding fault with foreclosures
This was City Life’s second attempt to put a human face on the ordeal of home foreclosures, and it may have paid off.
By NEELY STEINBERG  |  September 05, 2007
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The rumor mill

So far, the race for Boston City Council is all talk and no action
The energy in this year’s at-large race for Boston City Council is not to be found on the campaign trail.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  September 05, 2007
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Sweeping up

Deval Patrick’s late appointments show a surer hand at the wheel
Whether by design or dumb luck, Governor Deval Patrick has managed to depoliticize the news coming from Beacon Hill.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  May 30, 2007

Where’s Felix?

Council insiders spank Arroyo for missing budget hearings
At-large city councilor Felix Arroyo made headlines this week for proposing a resolution against spanking.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  May 23, 2007

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