Denialism At The Boston Globe

But it is bizarre beyond belief that the Boston Globe would, as Tom Bevan puts it, put its thumb on the scale on behalf of Martha Coakley, ...
How to Improve Intelligence

By FREAKONOMICS Robert Jervis writes in the Boston Globe that to improve intelligence, CIA investigators should stop thinking so intuitively, ...
Climate Bill Watchers Keeping Eyes on Senate Race in Mass.

told reporters in California yesterday, according to the Boston Globe. "Just the question of how we would proceed. But it doesn't mean we won't have a health care bill."But they haven't gone much further when it comes to speaking up on other items on the Obama agenda. Campaigning in Boston on Sunday, the president portrayed the special election as an either-or for several issues, including the climate bill."That's what this race on Tuesday is all about," he said. "Because it's easy to say you're independent and you're going to bring people together and all that stuff -- until you actually have to do it. And when the vote comes on energy, and there's a choice between stan...
On eve of anniversary, Obama's agenda at stake

"To hear the candidates and their supporters tell it, the stakes could hardly be higher," the Boston Globe writes. "Voters will decide not only who succeeds ...
Blue-collar jobs hardest hit in recession

those of the Great Depression, when one in six workers lost a job and the unemployment rate soared above 20 percent, The Boston Globe reported Tuesday. Among members of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, the unemployment rate is more than 25 percent, executive secretary-treasurer Mark Erlich said. The Northeastern University study also said 70 percent of the blue-collar jobs lost are not coming back. To compare sectors, the study said in Massachusetts each job opening in construction had 65 out-of-work construction workers that could apply for the job. Every manufacturing job opening could have 24 unemployed workers standing in line. For white collar profess...
Boston Bruins to open 2010 season in Prague against Phoenix Coyotes

... left in this season, the Bruins already are planning for their 2010-11 season opener, which will be in Prague, an NHL source told the Boston Globe. ...
Looting is spreading fast in Haiti

Looting and violence in Port-au-Prince is spreading fast. Maria Saccheti of The Boston Globe is in Haiti and joins NECN for a discussion.
Patriots' system not fair to Pete Carroll during his stint there

Kraft, fresh off a tumultuous divorce with former coach Bill Parcells, told the Boston Globe he intentionally split power within his organization between ...
Boston Globe calls election for Martha Coakley?
Boston.com briefly put up this map of the final results of today's election -- some 8 hours before polls closed! As you can see, over 2 million people voted ...
A proposal for Palmer
“I delivered The Boston Globe, The New York Times, and the Crimson in all of Harvard Yard,'' the '82 grad recalled with a chuckle. ...