The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from November 2008:
... and what we've learned
Nov 01, 2008; ... WITH 99 percent of this remarkable campaign now behind us, we inthe political class have learned some valuable lessons. Candidates get the campaigns they want. John McCain is no betterthan his campaign. He's responsible for what comes out of his mouth.McCain's campaign was sloppy, ...
Of supreme importance
Nov 01, 2008 ... MANY of the most crucial US Supreme Court cases in recent yearshave been decided by 5-to-4 votes. In the two most recent sessions,a one-vote margin decided whether individual Americans have theright to own guns; if race can be a factor in public schoolassignments; the constitutionality ...
A turbulent season for bargain-hunting holiday travelers
Nov 01, 2008; ... Trying to figure out when you can find cheap airfares for holidaytravel this year could prove as futile as attempting to time thestock market. In recent years, US travelers could almost bank on airlinesoffering their greatest discounts between 45 and 80 days before ...
Wilkerson ends campaign But bribery defendant doesn't resign; governor pushes for reforms
Nov 01, 2008; ... State Senator Dianne Wilkerson, lacking political support and outof options, terminated her reelection campaign yesterday after adramatic meeting with black ministers in Roxbury who urged her tostep aside after her arrest this week on federal bribery charges. But Wilkerson ...
For the record
Nov 01, 2008 ... - Correction: Because of a reporting error, yesterday's Namescolumn incorrectly identified Joe Campanelli as the CEO of SovereignBank. The bank's board replaced Campanelli as CEO in September. - Correction: Because of a reporting error, a story in Thursday'sSports section ...
Reel clear politics
Nov 01, 2008 ... AS THE McCain-Obama race winds up, even political junkies need abreak. So stop refreshing those polling-aggregation websites, andpick up some DVDs. Here are our favorite films about campaigning: Based on Boston's own James Michael Curley, "The Last Hurrah"(1958) features Spencer ...
Healing America's sick schools
Nov 01, 2008 ... GROVER WHITEHURST, who heads the research arm of the USDepartment of Education, says that the quality of education researchtoday is the rough equivalent of medical research in the 1920s.That's a scary thought. After all, Americans of that era enjoyed notmuch greater than a 50-50 chance ...
Public funding of campaigns at crossroads Revisions still leave flaws, analysts say
Nov 01, 2008; ... CAMPAIGN 2008 Public financing of presidential elections is on life support,and Barack Obama, a Democrat who has always embraced the concept,appears to have pushed the program nearer to extinction. As the first major-party candidate to forgo public financing forthe general ...
After 137 years, N.E. flower show folds
Nov 01, 2008; ... MARCH SADNESS The city's annual antidote for late-winter blues has long beenthe gardens full of delphiniums, forsythia, and tulips adorninggazebos and topiaries set up at the New England Spring Flower Show. But after 137 years of dazzling its frost-fatigued visitors, ...
In Midwest, candidates trade barbs on politics, tone of race
Nov 01, 2008 ... CAMPAIGN 2008 / The final stretch On the stump: - John McCain in Hanoverton, Ohio: Barack Obama "began hiscampaign in the liberal left lane of politics and has never left it.He's more liberal than a senator who calls himself a socialist." - Barack Obama in Des Moines: ...
Curse of the falling gas prices
Nov 01, 2008; ... THERE IS no recession. So what if Americans have dying 401(k)s,are getting foreclosed on their homes, or are telling their childrenthey cannot have their first choice for college. Never mind thatnearly 4,200 US soldiers have died in two wars. No worries. We havePax at the ...
IN JUDGMENT OF DIANNE WILKERSON
Nov 01, 2008 ... Outrageously, senator points finger at others BEFORE SHE suspended her write-in campaign yesterday, stateSenator Dianne Wilkerson tried to elevate the importance of thetiming of the bribery investigation, her arrest, and her politicalcampaign over the importance of ...
Letters
Nov 01, 2008 ... Globe's new look WHILE I can appreciate your efforts to keep the paper fresh andmaintain appeal with a demographic reared on video games and "SouthPark," what gives with the new cartoon faces that accompany somewriters' columns? What age group are you trying to appeal to - ...
McCain makes last bid for Ohio Considers victory in state crucial
Nov 01, 2008; ... CAMPAIGN 2008 COLUMBUS, Ohio - John McCain ended a two-day bus tour throughOhio with the blessing of one of the nation's most prominent liberalRepublicans, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who offeredexpert testimony about Barack Obama's "skinny legs" and tax ...
The campaign's 10 biggest surprises...
Nov 01, 2008; ... IT HAS BEEN an epic campaign. Let's review the surprises - ranking them from least to mostimpact on the race. 10. The contest was often a gaffe-athon. Barack Obama said that when small-town folks "get bitter, theycling to guns or religion. . ." Hillary Clinton ...
Third-party candidates could tip some states Third-party candidates could play spoilers
Nov 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - Third-party candidates Ralph Nader and Bob Barr havesmall but tangible followings in a number of battleground states,positioning them as potential wild cards Tuesday in races inColorado, Georgia, Florida, Missouri, Ohio, and elsewhere. Both presidential hopefuls ...
Last days for the `Rockefellers' Moderate GOP tradition fades
Nov 01, 2008; ... Tuesday's election will not only decide the presidency, it mayalso determine the future of the New England brand of moderateRepublicanism, which is facing extinction. The Northeast moderates, often called the Rockefeller Republicansafter the former New York governor, were once as ...
Chicago gets ready to paint town blue
Nov 01, 2008 ... CAMPAIGN 2008 / CAMPAIGN NOTEBOOK CHICAGO - Chicago authorities are bracing for as many as amillion people in downtown Grant Park on Tuesday night to cheer onBarack Obama as election returns come in, a potential celebrationand security headache. Police in Chicago and ...
QUOTES OF NOTE
Nov 01, 2008 ... It was something he was looking forward to for months." Dr. CHARLES BIZILJ, father of Christopher Bizilj, 8, who waskilled when the Uzi machine gun he was firing recoiled and shot himin the head I would like the voters of the Second Suffolk Senate District toknow that I am ...
Chelmsford ends Andover swim streak
Nov 01, 2008; ... Roundup Chelmsford swimming coach Harriet Kinnett put up a fight, but itjust wasn't enough. The Lady Lions mustered enough strength to pushtheir coach into the pool at the Lowell YMCA and then followed suitby jumping in themselves. The moment made it official: Chelmsford,not ...
Tattoo artist is killed inside his apartment, Hub police say
Nov 01, 2008; ... To his neighbors, he was "Needle," a slight man who made hisliving operating a makeshift tattoo parlor in a ramshackleDorchester apartment building. Boston police said yesterday that the man's name was KomawaleeMorris and that the 24-year-old was fatally shot inside hisGreenbrier ...
Scott J. Metcalf, 36, on Army duty in Iraq
Nov 01, 2008; ... A Framingham soldier died in Iraq of injuries not related tocombat, the Department of Defense announced yesterday. Sergeant Scott J. Metcalf, 36, died Wednesday in Balad, Iraq, theDepartment of Defense said. His death is under investigation. Noadditional details were ...
Man, 22, allegedly hit officers with vehicle Somerville police were searching car
Nov 01, 2008; ... A Charlestown man was arrested yesterday for allegedly assaultingtwo Somerville police officers by hitting them with his car. Calvin Jones, 22, has been charged with two counts of armedassault with intent to murder and two counts of assault and batteryby means of a dangerous ...
Willis, Southie stay on roll
Nov 01, 2008; ... South Boston 32 Madison Park 6 South Boston is still keeping the dream alive. With members of the coaching staff of defending Boston Northchampion East Boston looking on from the stands, Southie trouncedMadison Park, 32-6, yesterday. The Knights improved to 7-1 ...
Venus and Jupiter head for conjunction
Nov 01, 2008; ... Star Watch The king of the gods is marching closer every day to the goddessof love, as anyone can plainly see in the western sky duringtwilight. Whether this great celestial drama means anything depends onwhether you believe in the ancient pagan gods and goddesses or, ...
Studs Terkel, 96, chronicler of American lives
Nov 01, 2008; ... Studs Terkel - the Pulitzer Prize-winning oral historian andradio host who heard America talking and presented an aurallandscape of its democratic vistas as lively, expansive, and oftenas dark as Walt Whitman's - died in Chicago yesterday. He was 96. His son, Dan, issued a ...
Shine a light `Invisible Rays' illuminates Surrealism, with the help of flashlights
Nov 01, 2008; ... ART REVIEW INVISIBLE RAYS: The Surrealism Legacy At: Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, 415 South St., Waltham, through Dec. 14. 781-736-3434, www.brandeis.edu/rose WALTHAM-Imagine stepping into an art gallery lit by just onelight bulb. Visitors ...
They base money advice on the Bible
Nov 01, 2008; ... Spiritual Life Financial adviser Alan Siegel typically begins his clientmeetings with a prayer. Even granting that a lot of investors may beon their knees to God during the current credit crisis, this is notstandard operating procedure among money people. But Siegel keeps an ...
Boston taxi drivers laud ruling in NYC US judge blocks mandate to boost fuel-efficient cabs
Nov 01, 2008; ... Boston taxi drivers were watching closely yesterday as a federaljudge in New York blocked a mandate that New York City taxi driversto have cabs with at least 25 miles-per-gallon fuel efficiency. Judge Paul Crotty issued a preliminary injunction sought by NewYork City taxi drivers ...
Boston taxi drivers laud ruling in NYC US judge blocks mandate to boost fuel-efficient cabs
Nov 01, 2008; ... Boston taxi drivers were watching closely yesterday as a federaljudge in New York blocked a mandate that New York City taxi drivershave cabs with at least 25 miles-per-gallon fuel efficiency. Judge Paul Crotty issued a preliminary injunction sought by NewYork City taxi drivers who ...
Time to lock horns in Texas; Gators hungry for payback
Nov 01, 2008 ... National college football The eye patches will be out tonight in honor of Texas Tech coachMike Leach. And yet, his sixth-ranked Red Raiders have a chance to turn theireccentric offensive wizard into something more than a conversationpiece who has a penchant for pirates and a ...
AG sues owner of faulty Taunton dams Lawsuit requests immediate repairs at two lake sites
Nov 01, 2008; ... The state attorney general's office has filed a lawsuit againstthe owner of two dams in Taunton that have been declaredstructurally unsound, to the point they have triggered worries ofmassive floods whenever heavy rainfall occurs. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Suffolk Superior ...
HANDS OF TIME TO FALL BACK
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Beating around the Bush
Nov 01, 2008; ... POLITICAL COMEDY With three days to go before the election, Henry Rollins spendsthe last few nights of what he calls "the catastrophic Bushadministration" onstage with his "Recountdown" talking tour. Rollinsis optimistic that things are going to be different ...
Showing plenty of mercy
Nov 01, 2008; ... ROCK Regardless of whether the Sisters of Mercy take their name from aLeonard Cohen song or an order of Catholic nuns, there's no debatingthat the English post-punk '80s band is a "rock 'n' roll band. And apop band. And an industrial ...
A 21-string salute
Nov 01, 2008; ... WORLD MUSIC Toumani Diabate uses a kora to carry out his duties as a griot.The former is a 21-string West African harp-lute, the latter is amember of a West African hereditary caste that keeps an oral historyof the tribe or village and entertains with stories, songs, dances,and ...
Men are from Mars
Nov 01, 2008; ... FILM What do you do to boost morale at Christmas when you're on Marsand the oxygen generator and gravity-control pod malfunction? Youput on a show, of course - a Christmas pageant. The sci-fi film"Christmas on Mars" is the creation of psychedelic rock band FlamingLips, who ...
More or less `Mad Men'?
Nov 01, 2008; ... Globe TV critic Matthew Gilbert chatted with readers this weekabout all things TV. Here are some excerpts from the conversation. Q. That season of "Mad Men" went by way too quickly. A. It did. But that's a good thing. We're left wanting more. Ifthe season were twice as long - ...
State expects to see fewer young skilled workers
Nov 01, 2008; ... The pool of younger skilled workers in Massachusetts is expectedto shrink over the next five years, posing a threat to one of thestate's key competitive advantages, according to a study releasedyesterday by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. The state's population of 18- to ...
The decade of smoke and mirrors
Nov 01, 2008; ... For many years the Peace Corps billed itself as "the toughest jobyou'll ever love." Something of the same could be said ofparenthood. It takes a lot of work to survive the daily decathlon of familylife, and most parents are never quite sure they're doing it right.Perhaps one day ...
BUSINESS IN BRIEF
Nov 01, 2008 ... THE REGION CombinatoRx to cut 50 after drug disappoints CombinatoRx Inc., a Cambridge biotechnology company that recentlyreported disappointing clinical results for its lead drug candidate,a treatment for osteoarthritis, plans to cut nearly one-third of itsstaff to ...
For black voters, elation, dismay High hopes offset by Wilkerson plight
Nov 01, 2008; ... Inside the spare, sunlit dining room of Flames, a Jamaicanrestaurant on Blue Hill Avenue in Roxbury, three men at threeseparate tables, ate lunches of curried and jerk chicken, andwatched coverage of the presidential election on a televisionmounted above the window. As tape ...
Essays find delight in unconventional characters
Nov 01, 2008; ... BOOK REVIEW THE DANGEROUS JOY OF DR. SEX AND OTHER TRUE STORIES By Pagan Kennedy Santa Fe Writer's Project, 247 pp., paperback, $14 To listen to the speeches during the final weeks of thepresidential campaign, it would seem that we're not so much a ...
On the waterfront
Nov 01, 2008; ... BRING THE FAMILY / LOOKING FOR ADVENTURE WITH THE KIDS WHO: Arts writer Joanna Weiss, her husband, Dan DeLeo, and their4-year-old daughter, Ava WHAT: Watching planes, boats, people, and hermit crabs WHERE: Castle Island, South Boston We enjoy pristine nature as ...
Bullies - Young visitors get picked on by the Celtics
Nov 01, 2008; ... Celtics 96 Bulls 80 The Celtics stayed on the defensive last night. The combination of the Celtics' defending and the Chicago Bulls'dysfunction decided things early as Boston took a 96-80 victory atTD Banknorth Garden. On Tuesday, the Celtics held Cleveland to ...
Bullies - Young visitors get picked on by the Celtics
Nov 01, 2008; ... Celtics 96 Bulls 80 The Celtics displayed the defensive intensity that has made themdefending NBA champions in taking a 96-80 win over the Chicago Bullslast night. It also helped that the Bulls performed like a masqueradingprofessional team before a costumed Halloween ...
Cages at crux of fight over greyhound racing ban Two sides dispute whether dogs are treated humanely
Nov 01, 2008; ... LYNN - The boxes are stacked, cage upon cage, filled withshredded computer paper and barking, excitable dogs. Inside the North Shore Kennel, 84 greyhounds seem to bark inunison to greet a newcomer, excitedly scraping at the cages andyelping for attention. Then, just as unanimously, ...
Can you hear me now? Maybe Cell service is still erratic in airport tunnel
Nov 01, 2008; ... After withstanding years of unfulfilled promises and droppedphone conversations during the Big Dig, drivers were able to maketheir first cellphone calls from the depths of the Tip O'NeillTunnel this week. Turnpike officials and Globe reporters completed clearconversations from ...
Talking Heads frontman still burning down the house
Nov 01, 2008; ... David Byrne At: the Citi Wang Theatre, last night It seemed only fitting that on Halloween night, David Byrne'ssharp and scintillating show at the Citi Wang Theatre should be agrab bag loaded with a few tricks, and plenty of treats. Before whatlooked to be a near-capacity ...
Nightclub shooting suspect found in Mexico Shots killed a man, injured 2 in Chelsea
Nov 01, 2008; ... The suspect in a January shooting inside a Chelsea nightclub thatkilled one man and wounded two others was arrested Thursday inMexico City, where he had been tracked by Chelsea, state, andfederal investigators, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conleysaid yesterday. Jesse ...
At 300, Falmouth church modestly carries its age Sparse design belies historic ties
Nov 01, 2008; ... FALMOUTH - The First Congregational Church makes a modestappearance: a plain white structure with a classic steeple soaringtoward the heavens. But the church is celebrating 300 years and itsconnections to early American history. Inside the church's steeple, peals a bell, made at ...
CHESS NOTES
Nov 01, 2008; ... The 2008 Russian championship was strong, featuring 12 players inthe finals, including Alexander Morozevich and Peter Svidler. Hereis a sharp game from that event. In this English Opening, Artyom Timofeev v. Konstantin Maslak,White puts a knight on his d5 square and dares Black to ...
Rondo's deal is extended Point guard stays for at least a year
Nov 01, 2008; ... CELTICS NOTEBOOK Rajon Rondo is more than willing to continue playing for theCeltics. But Rondo deflected suggestions that he might commit to theteam beyond the terms of a contract extension announced yesterday. "It's a business," Rondo said before the Celtics' 96-80 ...
UNH drops first loss on NU
Nov 01, 2008 ... College roundup Phil DeSimone broke a 2-2 tie with less than three minutesremaining as sixth-ranked New Hampshire handed No. 9 Northeasternits first loss of the season, 4-2, in a Hockey East game last nightat Whittemore Center in Durham. Mike Sislo potted an empty-netter with ...
Critic's corner
Nov 01, 2008; ... A Face in the Crowd 8 p.m., TCM This 1957 Elia Kazan movie is one of my favorite oldies. It's aprescient classic. Like "Sweet Smell of Success," "Network,""Nashville," and "The King of Comedy," it is uncannily contemporaryin the way it explores the dark side of fame and the media ....
Panic takes a side trip through '60s psychedelia
Nov 01, 2008; ... MUSIC REVIEW PANIC AT THE DISCO At: Tsongas Arena, Wednesday night LOWELL - The boys in Panic at the Disco are true showmen. Theyhave to be in order to perform songs from their two divergent studioalbums with seamless style. Sure, the masses were at ...
Absentee ballots in high demand across state Officials cite record turnout of voters
Nov 01, 2008; ... Local election officials reported brisk business yesterday attheir counters, with some lines snaking out the doors, as peoplearound the state applied for and cast absentee ballots. "We have a record number of people applying, receiving, andvoting absentee," said David J. Rushford, ...
ON DEMAND PICKS
Nov 01, 2008 ... HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS ** (Encore) This pseudo-Spielberg movie about a Bigfoot trying tomake it in suburbia plays like "King Kong" shrunk to sitcom size.Pictured: Kevin Peter Hall as Harry. (PG; runs through Nov. 13) ONE FALSE MOVE **1/2 (Comcast Free Movies) This ...
Three contrasting connections with faith
Nov 01, 2008; ... STAGE REVIEW FAITH HEALER Play by Brian Friel Directed by: Nora Hussey. Set, Dahlia Al-Habieli. Lights, Ken Loewit. Presented by the Publick Theatre. At: Boston Center for the Arts, Black Box Theatre, through Nov. 22. Tickets: ...
CATCHING SOME RELAXATION TIME
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Norwood rallies to down Flyers
Nov 01, 2008; ... Norwood 27 Framingham 19 FRAMINGHAM - The Norwood Mustangs blazed a trail into the endzone three times to overtake Framingham, 27-19, last night. Despite the loss, Framingham (6-2, 3-1) remains atop the BayState Carey standings after Needham also lost. The Rockets fell ...
Norwood rallies to down Flyers
Nov 01, 2008; ... Norwood 27 Framingham 19 FRAMINGHAM - The Norwood Mustangs blazed a trail into the endzone three times in the second half to overtake Framingham, 27-19,last night. Despite the loss, Framingham (6-2, 3-1) remains atop the BayState Carey standings after Needham also ...
Found in the translation
Nov 01, 2008; ... G FORCE / DAVID HINTON David Hinton has translated the poetry of Wang Wei, Lao Tzu, MengChiao, and a host of other major classical Chinese poets. Most ofthat work has been turned into books such as 2006's "The SelectedPoems of Wang Wei," which won the 2007 PEN award for Poetry ...
Crimson cruise past Dartmouth
Nov 01, 2008; ... Harvard 4 Dartmouth 1 It was a matchup of teams with freshman goaltenders - Matt Hoylefor No. 20 Harvard and Jody O'Neill for Dartmouth. Last night markedthe season opener for the ECAC teams, and Hoyle and the Crimsonprevailed, 4-1, on the strength of two power-play goals a ...
At times, `Haunting' is a scream
Nov 01, 2008; ... MOVIE REVIEW ** THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY Directed by: Mickey Liddell Starring: Haley Bennett, Chace Crawford, Shannon Marie Woodward At: Boston Common, suburbs Running time: 86 minutes Rated: PG-13 (strong thematic material, violence and ...