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Monthly Archives: October 2004
Phantom Voters Registered for Crack
Mary Poppins. Jeffrey Dahmer. Janet Jackson. Chad Staton. Defiance County elections officials were confident the first three hadn’t moved to their small community. But the fourth one lived there, and – in exchange for crack cocaine – tried to falsely … Continue reading
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Kerry’s Last Chance
The Presidential election, incredibly, is looking more and more like a replay of 2000. The electorate is so deeply and evenly divided that the decision may very well come down to a few electoral votes in one of the swing … Continue reading
This is Our Beat
For the past ten years, the Dowbrigade has been a member of en exclusive club of cranks, hacks, frauds and potzers who gather most weekend mornings on the public courts in Riverside Park in Cambridgeport, for tennis doubles. We are … Continue reading
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Be Right Bach
We’ve been bumping into old friend J.S. Bach with amazing frequency lately, and without really trying. Just last week, leading our fall class through Harvard Yard, we stuck our heads into Memorial Church and were serenaded with the magnificent rumble … Continue reading
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Town vs. Gown in Murder Trial
Seldom has a situation so dramatically exposed the centuries old Town vs Gown clash of cultures in Cambridge, Mass as the recently concluded trial of Harvard grad student Alexander Pring-Wilson for the murder of Michael Colono, an 18-year-old short order … Continue reading
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Sick Sox Syndrome
Boston University, long a bastion on the Charles of useless but fascinating research, has proven conclusively that Red Sox Rabies is a certifiable physiological disease, in addition to being a dark and disturbing psychological disorder. [disclaimer: the Dowbrigade has a … Continue reading
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Where Are the Peacemakers
Listening to the debates, watching the strutting cocks trying to out-macho one another, trading tough talk on terrorism and vowing to hunt down, kill, eliminate, annihilate, preemptively attack and wipe off the face of the earth anyone who has even … Continue reading
Red Sox Fine Wines – Fire Sale
The Curse of the Bambino – Vintage 1920 Yankees Bought All the Good Players – Vintage 1962 Buck Dent is the Devil – Vintage 1976 Bill Buckner Fatawa – Vintage 1986 Grady Little Early Harvest – Vintage 2003 Who’s Our … Continue reading
Helpless
These two stories came off the wire one after another. We can’t help but feel they are connected, if not in fact then in at least in that they demonstrate the awesome power of 14-year-old girls, many of whom, we are … Continue reading
Helpless
These two stories came off the wire one after another. We can’t help but feel they are connected, if not in fact then in at lease in that they demonstrate the awesome power of 14-year-old girls, many of whom, we are … Continue reading
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Is Bush Wired?
A still photo from television footage of Bush as he debated Kerry on September 30 in Coral Gables, Florida, appears to show a small, boxy shape between the president’s shoulder blades. Campaign officials declined to discuss it further because they … Continue reading