Slow Saturday Special: Nailing This Philippine Post
Hammered it out with perfect timing."Philippine crucifixion ritual persists" by Aaron Favila | Associated Press April 19, 2014SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines — Devotees in northern Philippine villages...
View ArticleSunday Globe Special: Morning Glory in Montana
Not exactly the Muslim kind, but I thought I would get in a quicky before services:"Rape cases in Mont. produce legal standoff; Prosecutor ignored assaults, US officials say" by Jack Healy | New York...
View ArticleFrancis Goes Off Script
"Pontiff strays from script in homily" | Associated Press April 14, 2014VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, marking Palm Sunday in a packed St. Peter’s Square, ignored his prepared homily and spoke entirely...
View ArticleSunday Globe Special: Persecuted Christians
"Global war on Christianity is violent and real" by John L. Allen Jr. | Globe Staff April 12, 2014Dutch Jesuit priest Frans van der Lugt, killed in Syria last week just shy of his 76th birthday,...
View ArticleSunday Globe Special: Pooled Pensions Post
"Once considered secure, pooled pensions are failing; US-backed plans losing members, contributions" by Mary Williams Walsh | New York Times April 13, 2014NEW YORK — The pensions of millions of...
View ArticleSunday Globe Special: Finding Common(Core) Ground
I can't, sorry, not with the Globe."Common Core divides GOP leaders; Party changing its stance on key education goals" by Jonathan Martin | New York Times April 20, 2014WASHINGTON — The health care...
View ArticleSlip-Sliding Away From My Sunday Globe
You have your choice of what kind today:"13th body found after Everest avalanche; Searchers still looking for 3 Sherpa guides" by Binaj Gurubacharya | Associated Press April 20, 2014KATMANDU, Nepal —...
View ArticleBoard With My Boston Sunday Globe
"Many state boards undercut by vacancies; Mass. lags badly, and regulation of many groups suffers" by Todd Wallack | Globe Staff April 20, 2014If you showed up for the Massachusetts Board of...
View ArticleNo Gravity on My Boston Sunday Globe
"The experimental robot’s gangly, contortionist-bending legs are packed aboard a SpaceX supply ship that launched Friday, more than a month late. It was the private company’s fourth shipment to the...
View ArticleReady to Run Another Marathon
Already getting a late start with this, but I would be back in the pack anyway. I'm hoping the legs are not as long as last year, and I don't think they will be. To have something happen now would be...
View ArticleThe Globe's Finishing Kick
The finished article is not the same as my printed piece? Seems like I have said that before."Man arraigned on multiple charges after bomb scare" by Evan Allen, Maria Cramer and John R. Ellement |...
View ArticleThick Tuesday
I expected a lot of Marathon coverage; however, I was staggered by the amount of print it was given this morning. The thing was heavy and my spirits lifted for a moment, but I noticed two large...
View ArticleFlorida Report Final Autopsy of Todashev Slaying
Official autopsy never released, one presumes due to the hole in the head. That's what needs to happen when the FBI murders someone (hat tip to memory of Fred Hampton) for not signing a confession to...
View ArticleMarathon House Report a Limited Hangout
It's easy to blame the FBI and CIA because there will be no fallout."Russian officials’ warnings to the FBI and CIA about Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s Islamic radicalization included a prediction that he would...
View ArticleRemember the Ricin Letters?
The Marathon-era Bruce Ivins?"Ricin suspect reaches plea dealTEXARKANA — A Texas woman accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Obama and Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York has reached a...
View ArticleMuslims Met at Mosque on Morning of Marathon
Good thing security was tight or I would have shit my pants. So what's in the works for Memorial Day?"Inclusive spirit reassures Muslims after bombings" by Lisa Wangsness | Globe Staff April 17,...
View ArticleTerrorists Take to Space
I know I'm really getting out there these days, but...."Space station astronauts get special Easter delivery" by Marcia Dunn | Associated Press April 21, 2014CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space station...
View ArticleGlobe Plumbs the Depths With John Kerry
Not only is it offensive for agenda-pushing spew and omissions, it's also a pimping promotion piece for a guy who has done more global warming globe-trotting than anyone on the face of the...
View ArticleBritish Faggots
In the old English sense:"Britain may ban branded tobacco pack" by Robert Hutton and Gabi Thesing | Bloomberg News April 04, 2014LONDON — The British government plans to outlaw branded tobacco...
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The Face of Insanity in Utah
Megan Huntsman of Utah is held on $6 million bail."Motive unclear in Utah mother’s killing of 6 babies" by Brady McCombs | Associated Press April 15, 2014PLEASANT GROVE, Utah — Megan Huntsman, 39,...
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