Nothing good can come from Aaron Swartz's death. But at the very least it should prompt consideration of why such brutality has become a routine part of the American system of justice.
Taylor Swift has bought a Cape Cod house across the street from Ethel Kennedy, possibly to be near new love Conor Kennedy, People magazine confirmed o...
I could spend months detailing my differences with John Derbyshire regarding American race relations. However, one of his observations about politics and race is uncomfortably true.
"extra extra read all about it / I rock the mike ain't no doubt about it / because I'm extra I'm feeling extra I'm gonna bless ya / what? huh!" So chants Shea Rose in the song "Extraordinary Girl," from her 2011 mixtape Little Warrior.
The conservative template of attacking Obama with unrelenting invective was also created here in the Bay State, and used against Deval Patrick. I should know. I helped create that template.
As the campaign moves to New Hampshire, Mitt Romney is getting free advice on how to reach blue-collar Republicans from conservative talk radio host Howie Carr.
NEW YORK -- By endorsing Jon Huntsman in the Republican primary on Thursday night, the Boston Globe has once again chosen an alternative to former Mas...
LOWELL, Mass. -- A new national poll released Sunday shows neither Wall Street nor Occupy Wall Street conjuring up strong favorable impressions among ...
The Vancouver Sun, Boston Globe and newspapers throughout Canada are playing up the Stanley Cup big - not surprising given the teams involved and Cana...
The ukulele has long-struggled with its image -- it can blame Tiny Tim's "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" for that. But lately the diminutive instrument is...
Lawrence O'Donnell chided the White House for banning the Boston Herald from a Boston fundraising event held by President Obama due to an unflattering...
Jon Stewart will debate Bill O'Reilly tomorrow night about the Obama administration's decision to invite rapper Common to participate in a poetry reading at the White House last week.
Despite the seeming cohesion across party lines, some GOP opinion makers expressed opposition to the president's national address at the Tucson memorial. Here's a sampling.
Boston Herald sportswriter Steve Buckley revealed that he is gay in his latest column.
In the column, titled "Welcome to my coming-out party," Buckle...
If Treme outwardly sent a strong message about New Orleans after Katrina, the Real World tries more implicitly to convey the "wet blanket over the Mardi Gras frivolity."
It was just another typical Friday morning for me back here in my home state of Massachusetts. I usually return every year around this time to remembe...
Case-in-point is today's Boston Herald story by Dave Wedge on the custom-made armor-laden presidential limo that is being assembled to protect America's first black president.
Earlier this week Dan Rather told the Huffington Post's Rachel Sklar that he didn't think Katie Couric had "any idea what she was getting into" when s...
Sunday night, the New York Giants became Super Bowl champions with a 17-14 victory over the heavily-favored New England Patriots. The Giants eked out ...