Letter from the editor: A “Dear John” to the French fries

Dec. 31, 2008   2 Comments  

My dear, dear French fries, We need to talk. The years have gone by so fast for us. From my first McDonald’s fry 24 years ago to the wide crinkle cut deliciousness at Glenwood in Connecticut and Town Spa in Stoughton. It’s always been good. That was never the problem. Something changed between us. It [...]

Letter from the Editor: What did we learn this month?

Jan. 31, 2008   2 Comments  

It was a long month packed with news, drama and Britney going to the hospital. In an homage to Letterman’s return to the air, here are the top 10 things you should come away with in January: 10. Your dog will soon take over the world. 9. Don’t stay on the top floor of a [...]

Letter from the editor: Kyla Ebbert Kyla Ebbert Kyla Ebbert

Dec. 15, 2007   Leave a Comment  

Google rankings of our Mitchell Report story

I saw the stats, and I still didn’t believe it. We wrote a 189-word brief about Kyla Ebbert — a Southwest Airlines passenger who was almost kicked off for wearing a skimpy (it wasn’t even that skimpy really…) outfit. Then the counter started ticking like dollars on a gas pump. By the end of the [...]

Letter from the Editor

March 1, 2007   Leave a Comment  

Massachusetts may finally have a chance passing a journalism shield law. California and 29 other states already have one, but that hasn’t helped Josh Wolf, a video-blogging convergence journalist who videoed an anti-G8 demonstration in 2005 and has been jailed under federal regulations for refusing to turn over footage to the police. It is clear [...]