I offer an occasional column like this as a reminder that, while content may be everywhere these days, the kind of journalism we do here is different, often more cumbersome and difficult to execute, or at the very least more in the know and edgier than what you get from aggregators.
ACCESS THE VOTE: AT LONG LAST, ACTIVISTS WITH DISABILITIES CONNECT LOCALLY, NATIONALLY
“We started Access in January after we had had enough. … They treat you like you are the only one, but then you see that there are others. We’ve been on our own, so now we’re trying to work together.”
YOUR TESLA’S IN MY SPOT
Other than a single spot for disabled persons, it was exclusive Tesla territory.
TO HELL WITH FUNERAL PROCESSIONS
I know I’m building straw men just to burn them, but I don’t give a darn what people do with my corpse. I’d prefer no house of worship to be involved, but it isn’t up to me. To quote comedian David Cross, I won’t care because I can’t care. I’ll be dead.
PUBLIC TRANSIT IN BOSTON HASN’T GOTTEN VERY FAR IN 130 YEARS
We pulled more than 1,000 words from the episode’s transcript, replaced (a minimal number of) dated terms like “horses” with more neutral or contemporary ones, and excerpted it below for you to have a good laugh (and/or cry) as you read this on an un-air-conditioned Red Line on the hottest day of the summer.
ON PARADES IN MASS THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY PLATFORMS FOR RIGHT-WING LUNACY
What do parades have to do with right-wing politics anyway? Good question. I’m not exactly sure, since Americans are red, white, and blue, plus a lot of other shades.
NOW WE KNOW HOW THE MEDIA FEELS ABOUT 28-YEAR-OLD BARTENDERS
In other words, it’s fantastic preparation for going to work with greedy DC pricks who are accustomed to doing nothing and being applauded for it.
THE END OF THE WEED AS WE KNOW IT?
It’s 2012. One has to hope this changes sometime soon. Not just in New York and Mass, but from coast to coast to coast.
DEAR READER: BOSTON STOOD UP
By that point, people had already been disgusted with our moron POTUS and his racist stubborn immigration dance for years, and particularly outraged about his administration’s child separation policy for the last several weeks.
PUMP UP THE BAMS: GENESIS OF A NEW BOSTON FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE
Catherine Morris had a Boston calling. This weekend, her festival vision becomes real.
