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How Sarah Palin generated over $1 million in donations to Planned Parenthood
Polarizin’ Palin has people everywhere opening their pocketbooks to the pro-choice movement’s benefit.

By: SHUCHI SARASWAT | October 09, 2008

The Boston roots of Sarah Silverman's Jewbama crusade
Chances are, by now you’ve heard about the Great Schlep, the Sarah Silverman–endorsed political/social experiment that’s urging Jewish youth to trek down to vital swing-state Florida this weekend and encourage their doting grandparents to vote for Barack Obama.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | October 09, 2008

Since Harvard came out

Freedom watch
It was a typical Harvard alumni event, but not a typical, self-congratulatory Crimson “glory days” fest.

By: HARVEY SILVERGLATE | October 02, 2008

Bringing up Baby

The most famous three-legged, barkless dog in the world
Few things in life are certain, but this is: a gentle, white miniature poodle named Baby is the most famous three-legged, barkless dog in the world.

By: JIM SULLIVAN | October 01, 2008

The people's gravelly voice

Alan Lupo, 1938–2008
There’s a lot to be said about Alan Lupo. All of it good. Much of it colorful as hell.

By: CLIF GARBODEN | October 09, 2008

True dat?

Rory O’Connor ponders the future of journalistic trust at Harvard
Rory O’Connor’s timing couldn’t be much better.

By: ADAM REILLY | September 25, 2008

Naming convention

We asked, you answered: our readers text in votes for Sarah Palin's next baby name
Gwyneth had Apple. Posh had Brooklyn. And moose-killing miracle mom Sarah Palin beat them all with Trig Paxson Van Palin, a name so cool that it rhymes with “Eddie Van Halen.”

By: LANCE GOULD | September 23, 2008

Justice on the hoof

Nude-dance case ends with a whimper
The case of a political activist busted three years ago for a naked dance in Harvard Square, has ended with a whimper.

By: HARVEY SILVERGLATE AND KYLE SMEALLIE | September 17, 2008

The homeland is officially secure

Vicente Lebron freed
After being locked up by federal authorities for three months, Either/Orchestra percussionist Vicente Lebron was released this past Thursday.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | September 10, 2008

Checking into the broads

The now-famous "hockey mom" analogy
Unless you’d like to see what the sinew and tissue inside your shoulder socket look like, never come between an Alaskan grizzly bear and her young.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | September 10, 2008

The good soldier

In Minnesota, Mitt keeps the faith
It can’t be easy being Mitt Romney nowadays.

By: ADAM REILLY | September 03, 2008

Clinton women for Palin? No way

Gender politics
Memo to John McCain: We may be angry, but we haven’t gone completely mad.

By: MARY ANN SORRENTINO | September 03, 2008

Laurels for a Boston media vet

Breaking down barriers
Congrats to Boston University journalism professor Caryl Rivers, who’ll receive the Society of Professional Journalists’ Helen Thomas Award for Lifetime Achievement.

By: ADAM REILLY | August 27, 2008

The art of being homeless

Street photography
Jake Anderson was a high-school sophomore from Lexington, walking down a Boston street, when a man rattling change in a cup asked for help.

By: IAN SANDS | August 27, 2008

A legal setback for Charlie

Freedom Watch
Free speech has won in the struggle between the MBTA and three MIT undergrads who claim to have uncovered flaws in the T’s electronic fare-collection system.

By: HARVEY SILVERGLATE | August 20, 2008

Terror 'toonist

Dept. of gallows humor
Earlier this month, syndicated cartoonist Matt Bors found a new fan in none other than Salim Hamdan, the man tried and convicted for once having been Osama Bin Laden’s driver.

By: CLIF GARBODEN | August 20, 2008

Club-to-theater update

Venue shifts
“If you take the biggest 100 names in comedy, you’ll see 90 of them here in the next couple of years.”

By: JIM SULLIVAN | August 13, 2008

Funny fundraiser

Hip cash for Kansas rep
The term “Internet famous” brings a few things to mind.

By: JONATHAN SEITZ | August 13, 2008

McCain has a double standard on Viagra and birth control

Sexual politics
McCain backed legislation allowing Medicaid to cover Viagra for men, while forbidding the federal health-insurance program for the poor from covering birth control pills for women.

By: MARY ANN SORRENTINO | August 13, 2008

Eight is enough

Olympians to watch
Sometimes we’d rather root for the unknowns, the underdogs, and the uniques than the professional jerks who are only competing to sweeten their endorsement deals.

By: MIKE MILIARD | August 08, 2008

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