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Maverick in a mess

If McCain loses, is it the mainstream media's fault?
A number of pundits, mostly of the conservative variety, would like you to believe that if Barack Obama wins on Tuesday, it's the mainstream media’s fault. Don't believe a word of it.
By STEVEN STARK | November 01, 2008

Rise of the political bogeyman

Impotent on the issues, the GOP turns to scare tactics. Be afraid!
The Republicans appear headed to a second straight national pummeling, which will leave it marginalized in the federal government and an increasing number of state houses. Many party faithful are already noting the need for the GOP to move back toward the moderate center to survive. But the conservatives with microphones are heading down a very different path — and their followers, who now dominate the Republican Party, are going right with them.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | November 03, 2008

Bubble and scrape

Chocolate Monk at P.A.’s, Preliminary Saturation at the Piano Factory

By SUSANNA BOLLE | October 09, 2008

Among the Republican thugs

Fear and pepper spray in St. Paul
Minnesota is known innocently enough as the Gopher State, but for one terrifying, riot-gear-and-grenade-filled week this past summer, it was a police state.
By ANNE ELIZABETH MOORE | October 27, 2008

Rolled

Where’s the outrage over media mistreatment at the RNC?

By ADAM REILLY | October 02, 2008

The good soldier

In Minnesota, Mitt keeps the faith
It can’t be easy being Mitt Romney nowadays.
By ADAM REILLY | September 03, 2008

Photos: Republican National Convention 2008

The scene in St. Paul, from the protests to the podium. Updated daily.

By JOEFF DAVIS | September 05, 2008

Feeling Minnesota

If McCain wants to gain on Obama, he needs to achieve these four goals in St. Paul
The overall success of the event will largely come down to one question: how effective and memorable will Barack Obama’s acceptance speech prove to be?
By STEVEN STARK | August 28, 2008

Campaign lies

Letters to the Boston editor, August 1, 2008
It’s impressive that your editorial in favor of the national popular vote did not even hint at any possible downside.
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS | July 30, 2008

Vote the rock

Prince bows to King Dylan
The Republican and Democratic conventions are still more than a month away, but that doesn’t mean the summer has been an electoral wasteland.
By LANCE GOULD | July 16, 2008

Voting right

Why Beacon Hill should adopt same-day voting and join the national popular-vote movement. Plus, that Obama cover.
The Massachusetts Legislature is expected to vote in the next several days on two proposals that would make democracy, well, more democratic.
By EDITORIAL | July 16, 2008

Booked up

Several shelves’ worth of summer reads
Summertime, and the reading is easy.
By BARBARA HOFFERT | June 09, 2008

Almost Famous: Micah Salkind

Providence Black Repertory Company
"You can’t throw a stone here without hitting an artist."
By FRANK MULLIN | June 04, 2008

J Hogue

Almost famous
Dr. Seuss, David Bowie, Mike Watt, Zuzana Licko, and Julia Child. That’d be quite a night.
By FRANK MULLIN | April 16, 2008

Happy Earth Day!

Going green
What follows is a tilt-a-whirl ride through my green-saturated brain.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | April 16, 2008

Ridge to the future

The guessing game about his running mate has begun, but if Obama’s the opponent, one man can secure the white house for McCain
With the Republican nomination officially settled, the speculation about John McCain’s choice of a running mate has already begun.
By STEVEN STARK | March 12, 2008