I was raised, like most Irish-Catholics, not to speak ill of the dead—at least while the wake is still underway. Of course, the affliction known as “Irish Alzheimers” exerts a powerful tug in the opposite direction.
|
26 Aug 2009 - 9:31pm
John Mackey struck a raw nerve when he decided to wade into the health care debate by using his status as a billionaire CEO (of Whole Foods) to broadcast his views via an Op-Ed piece in the The Wall Street Journal on August 11th 2009.
|
21 Aug 2009 - 11:41pm
Since it's been a fairly slow newsweek - given the recess in state government, the hot humid weather, and those that can afford it being on some kind of vacation - we thought it would be a good time to ask Open Media Boston viewers for some feedback.
|
21 Aug 2009 - 9:29pm
Last August, Comcast officially announced it was capping bandwidth for its residential cable broadband Internet service subscribers at 250 GB per month.
|
20 Aug 2009 - 11:17am
BOSTON/Government Center - Angry about how a highly profitable corporation like Verizon is threatening hundreds of layoffs, telephone union leaders and some potentially laid off workers held an unprecedented briefing with the staffs of five members of Congress and both Massachusetts senators.
The meeting was convened in Senator Kennedy's office at the Boston Federal Building and was attended by leaders of all the Massachusetts IBEW telephone workers' unions.
|
19 Aug 2009 - 9:14pm
From August 26-29, the Boston branch of the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) will welcome hundreds of members from arts and media communities nationwide for its biennial national conference at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel.
|
17 Aug 2009 - 6:40pm
Hulu is a great, legal source for watching tons of network television and even movies. Too bad it's polluted with loud, offensive commercials just like the TV box.
|
14 Aug 2009 - 11:36pm
This week, I've decided to write about a national issue with potential local impact ... that's right, I'm talking about those loud right-wingers crashing health care "town hall" meetings around the country.
|
14 Aug 2009 - 11:14pm
BOSTON/Boston Common - A rush hour picket in support of the democratic resistance movement against the Honduran coup d'etat was held on Tuesday by about 25 activists from several area organizations with connections to Central America - including Proyecto Hondureño, Centro Presente, the Committee
|
12 Aug 2009 - 4:30pm
Supporters urging passage of the Employee Free Choice Act took to the streets on Monday to back warehouse workers at Rite Aid's massive distribution center in Lancaster, California.
