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He risked his life for strangers in Iraq and Afghanistan... news/opinion/columnists Mon, 28 May 2012 17:34:50 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134747&srvc=rsshttp://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20120528/0d7632_ltp052712memorialcs02.jpg http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/bjdvlJO0zmg/view.bg http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134752&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134752&srvc=rss Could there be mutiny occurring within the Massachusetts Democratic Party? The sentiment of discontent is not happening... news/opinion/columnists Mon, 28 May 2012 11:34:57 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134752&srvc=rsshttp://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20120528/1ade87_ltp100411debatenl06.jpg http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/WWF4xkSMBbQ/view.bg http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134746&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134746&srvc=rss Paul Carter, known as Puzzy to his Hyde Park friends, would have turned 64 next month, though he's never been more... news/opinion/columnists Mon, 28 May 2012 11:01:34 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134746&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/8FFipsewz7A/view.bg http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134584&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134584&srvc=rss Of all the challenges to the throne of Thomas Michael Menino, one of the funniest had to be last's week cry from... news/opinion/columnists Sun, 27 May 2012 14:55:23 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134584&srvc=rsshttp://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20120526/cd7fcb_Greg_Selkoe_Karmaloop.jpg http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/s1gNTCZ8DMo/view.bg http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134581&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134581&srvc=rss Brookline High's annual Varsity Awards banquet was held Thursday in a packed Boston University ballroom. Most athletes... news/opinion/columnists Sun, 27 May 2012 11:40:11 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134581&srvc=rsshttp://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20120526/5b5b01_052512sisaytbc03.jpg http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/lf9iXzCaK2I/view.bg http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134579&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134579&srvc=rss Uncle Omar and Auntie Zeituni and all the rest of their fellow freeloaders and illegal aliens can relax - I mean,... news/opinion/columnists Sun, 27 May 2012 11:37:35 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134579&srvc=rsshttp://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20120526/2a58f5_020410zeitunijw03.jpg http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/IB34AZkoj78/view.bg http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134376&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134376&srvc=rss Ferny Flaman had them rising to their feet again last week as he concluded his acceptance speech out in Minnesota... news/opinion/columnists Sat, 26 May 2012 14:11:47 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134376&srvc=rsshttp://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20120525/d0f827_052512flavan02.jpg http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/nsCLV7yarHE/view.bg http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134157&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134157&srvc=rss If there's any politician that infuriates me more than a carpetbaggin', recipe-stealing fake Indian, it's one that... news/opinion/columnists Fri, 25 May 2012 15:58:55 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134157&srvc=rsshttp://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20120524/1181a6_Warren.jpg http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/-0uzvihOJdE/view.bg http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134160&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134160&srvc=rss She was not yet 5 on that morning 50 years ago. Still, Anne Gallagher can hear the screams drifting upstairs, along... news/opinion/columnists Fri, 25 May 2012 13:13:24 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061134160&srvc=rsshttp://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20120524/525ea6_sign.jpg http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/IVCeU80APQQ/view.bg http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133894&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133894&srvc=rss I tried, and failed, to work myself into an anti-ageist feminist frenzy yesterday over allegations that Marylou's,... news/opinion/columnists Thu, 24 May 2012 17:30:13 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133894&srvc=rsshttp://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20120523/40be91_052312maryloumw001.jpg http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/FccV-BZd22E/view.bg http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133594&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133594&srvc=rss In the next 48 hours or so, we'll know how serious the Legislature is about ending EBT card fraud. Not too serious,... news/opinion/columnists Wed, 23 May 2012 17:18:23 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133594&srvc=rsshttp://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20120523/52408d_ltp032312murraypw003.jpg http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/R0U7Wt8HZd4/view.bg http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133577&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133577&srvc=rss He's been dead eight months, so this will be the first Memorial Day he won't be around, but Wally Songin's presence... news/opinion/columnists Tue, 22 May 2012 22:40:57 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133577&srvc=rsshttp://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20120522/da9301_980704vets1.jpg http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/pKKdN3-8tKY/view.bg http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133625&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133625&srvc=rss Since October 2004 - when the Red Sox won the World Series and John Kerry still hoped to become president - Catholics... news/opinion/columnists Tue, 22 May 2012 22:23:41 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133625&srvc=rsshttp://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20120522/ed3794_052212churchce002.jpg http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/GbNGfGQjZXc/view.bg http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133332&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133332&srvc=rss Rosemarie Walsh was not at all surprised to learn that Elizabeth Finnegan, 22, was accused of drunken driving... news/opinion/columnists Tue, 22 May 2012 17:56:56 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133332&srvc=rsshttp://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20120521/e4b05d_052112drunkce002.jpg http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/vTZ9fGm_Uks/view.bg http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133343&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133343&srvc=rss NASHUA, N.H. - In a sneak peek at a potential fall showdown, New Hampshire U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte said tangling... news/opinion/columnists Tue, 22 May 2012 17:56:15 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133343&srvc=rsshttp://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20120521/3bc595_052112biden02.jpg http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/ZIv_Oyr01ro/view.bg http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133058&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133058&srvc=rss WASHINGTON - It's like deja vu all over again this election season: the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is back, and with... news/opinion/columnists Mon, 21 May 2012 14:06:46 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133058&srvc=rsshttp://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20120520/8aeee0_042808Wright.jpg http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/OdfznrtEo5c/view.bg http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133081&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133081&srvc=rss They ought to change the name of the next edition of "Pow Wow Chow" to Pow Wow Ciao, and Granny Warren can write... news/opinion/columnists Mon, 21 May 2012 14:06:28 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133081&srvc=rsshttp://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20120520/68ee10_052012warren01cutout.jpg http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/txUXF9e8rsA/view.bg http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133060&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133060&srvc=rss U.S. Sen. Scott Brown has taken heat for raising money outside of Massachusetts. Shouldn't that same standard... news/opinion/columnists Mon, 21 May 2012 06:36:02 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133060&srvc=rsshttp://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20120520/9ee984_21kennedyjw03.jpg http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/GrVKlbhHwPk/view.bg http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133043&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133043&srvc=rss Anyone wondering why more good people don't offer themselves for public service need only to look at the latest... news/opinion/columnists Mon, 21 May 2012 06:11:08 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061133043&srvc=rss