Should a community newspaper publish anonymous personal/political attacks against people who live in the community that it supposedly serves? The answer to such an absurd question is – or at least should be – a classic no-brainer: “Of course not.”

In honor of Aprils Fools Day, the following is a spoof on Somerville’s political culture.

Life (and politics) sure can take strange twists and turns. On March 14, a few short weeks before the Boston Phoenix was all set to publish a two-part investigative report about Somerville, the Phoenix abruptly announced that after 47 years, it was going out of business, effect immediately.

It seems that every day or so, we hear about one politician or another being either investigated or indicted. Of course, the reality is that the percentage of politicians who have broken the law is quite small. The overwhelming major…

It seems that every day or so, we hear about one politician or another being either investigated or indicted. Of course, the reality is that the percentage of politicians who have broken the law is quite small. The overwhelming majority of public off…

Most politicians are not terribly different from the rest of us. They are highly imperfect people who have both positive and negative traits. However, I do think that your average politician tends to be more motivated by the acquisit…

With less than a week to go before election day, there are thousands of Somervillians still sitting on the fence – still undecided about whether to vote for Elizabeth Warren or Scott Brown for the U.S. Senate. Given how close t…

In a season that will be long remembered by Somervillians, as well as by soccer fans throughout Eastern Mass., the Somerville High School’s boys soccer team went all the way to the state semifinals before losing 2-1 to Needham …

 Last weekend’s Honk Festival transformed Davis Square into a mini-Woodstock – albeit minus the multitudes, the drugs, the rain, and the mud! That’s because, like the legendary 1969 “Festival of Peace and…

The Somerville High School basketball and baseball teams from the late 1940s, the 1950s and 1960s have long since become the stuff of legends in this city. However, in recent years, the Somerville Alibrandis Baseball Club has su…

Contrary to what City Hall officials may believe, I don’t have a personal grudge against Joe Curtatone. In fact, as readers of this column may recall, in addition to being highly critical of the mayor, I have also said that …

This past June 17 marked the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Watergate scandal.  And while there are some obvious and important differences between Richard Nixon’s actions back in the early 1970s and the way that …

The other conspicuous omission in your column was any mention of the request that one of the Human Rights Commissioners, Barry Rafkind, has filed – through the Massachusetts Public Records Law – to see any emails and othe…

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone has led a somewhat charmed political life. After being defeated in his first run for mayor in 1999, Joe Curtatone’s political career has been on a steadily rising trajectory. In 2003, he was elected mayor in a …

I would like to briefly explain why I will NOT be participating in the “No Attack on Iran” demo in the hope that it might provide some food for thought for PDSers (of which I am one) and others on the left. First off, I am against an attack on Iran – by the U.S. and/or Israel. But…the way this particular demo is framing the issue is – unfortunately – all too typical these days (on the left).