There’s a reason that, even as a little paper, we pay such close attention to the public records law and to the flow of information between government entities and private citizens.
Dear Reader
THAT SPACE SAVER OP-ED
Even if I earned some kind of municipal credit worth minimum wage or a bit more for shoveling my portion of the street, that would entitle me to the space for maybe 30 minutes after leaving.
THE TIME MY EDITOR SNITCHED ON ME TO GOVERNOR PATRICK
Caught on my heels, I clumsily explained to Patrick that I believed Obama was just kicking liberal cans along the road to mediocrity.
DEAR READER: RIP NAT HENTOFF, BUT A WIN FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES IN BOSTON
He also wrote liner notes for Bob Dylan, which was an honor among honors even before the freewheelin’ troubadour became a Nobel laureate.
SOME BIG NEWS FOR DIGBOSTON READERS
On the business side, I am thrilled to say that I am working with a group, which includes investors and longtime Dig employees, to officially take over operations.
DEAR READER: I GUESS THIS TURNED INTO OUR ANTI-OPIATE ISSUE
All these years later, it’s absolutely unbelievable what has become of this mess.
DEAR READER: A RIHANNA STORY, A PRIMER ON PUBLIC RELATIONS, AND A LESSON ABOUT FAKE NEWS
We will never purge fake news; in a way, it’s the only kind of information that a lot of people ever get.
READER RESPONSE: HITCHING OUR HOPES TO THE GRASSROOTS, NOT THE DEMOCRATS
The left should abandon the Democratic Party, not (once again) try to transform it from within.
DEAR READER: A COUPLE WORDS ON HIP-HOP, HATRED, AND COMMUNITY
More important than the ink I spilled, however, was the family I became a part of.
DEAR READER: I’M THANKFUL FOR JETBLUE
It turned out my grandmother, who always loved a good deal, was getting buried on the same day of the inaugural trips by JetBlue between my native Queens (LaGuardia) and my adopted home of Boston (Logan).