Harvard University is one of the largest employers in Massachusetts, with over 18,000 employees. Thousands of Harvard’s workers are “contingent” and don’t have benefits such as health insurance or paid time off. The Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) is the university’s largest union, with around 5,000 members. HU’s continuing ability to […]
OPINION: THE HOT HATCHET IN MY FATHER’S CHEST (YES ON QUESTION 1)
It’s been over a decade now, but still my dad says it was the worst night of his life. It wasn’t the night of his heart attack, or the night of his open-heart surgery (a quadruple bypass). It came after that, as he lay awake in the cardiac ICU, intubated and pumped full […]
HOW THE BOSTON GLOBE TROLLED THE AMERICAN MEDIA
My region’s newspaper of record, it appeared, was requesting a favor—superficially in solidarity with outlets all across the country its asking to “stand together” in “common defense” against Trump, but actually in service of the Globe itself and no one else.
AS A MINISTER IN THE TRUMP ERA, I’VE BEEN RECEIVING LOTS OF QUERIES ABOUT THE AFTERLIFE
I want to ask you, what do you believe will happen in the afterlife? Are we as the human race going to be okay? Should I worry about what’s going to happen to me after death? My girlfriend who believes in God but struggles with what to believe in exactly, is she going to be okay?
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.
THE WEIGH IN: LOCAL BREWERS OFFER MIXED OPINIONS ON BUDWEISER ANTI-CRAFT BEER AD
I talked to several local craft beer industry greats to get their initial thoughts on the mocking ad. Surprisingly, feelings were mixed.
