http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/?srvc=rss The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news en-us Copyright 2009, Herald Interactive, Inc. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:37:40 -0400 bill@heraldinteractive.com (Bill Gaffney) 120 http://news.bostonherald.com/siteImages/news_adlogo.gif http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/?srvc=rss 126 37 The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/TZcpJU2Rkzg/view.bg Here's the sad part: Thousands of local brides have experienced The Full Yolanda. But if you're still a bride-to-be, you're out of luck. Yolanda Cellucci... Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:23:54 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1185180&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1185180&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/lZrX5p8EEdo/view.bg If Stevie "The Rifleman" Flemmi knows anything after 75 years, it's that his brother in treachery, James "Whitey" Bulger, is never coming back from... Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:02:15 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1184960&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1184960&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/A_curgyMAVw/view.bg Here's what I've read about Dustin Pedroia. He's a pit bull, relentless, a fierce overachiever who works like a mad dog, a short guy determined to prove... Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:24:26 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1184741&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1184741&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/MLA8WMI54e4/view.bg There are now five of them who meet for coffee, all in their 40s, attractive, articulate women whom others might assume were gathered for a power lunch. They have the... Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:23:18 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1184907&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1184907&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/Y5IV5KQvVM8/view.bg It just happened to her again as Barbara Mulligan waited for her nephews to buy popcorn at the Cameo Theatre in Weymouth. "I felt a tap on my shoulder and heard,... Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:22:43 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1184525&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1184525&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/k_7DyOBQwFI/view.bg Kahlidah Bilal looks at me and sees eyes, hair, nose, mouth, teeth and body dressed in slacks and sweater. I look at her and see only eyes. Everything else is hidden... Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:13:56 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1184306&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1184306&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/7ny_GBjEOW4/view.bg Remember the classic line a bullet-riddled Edward G. Robinson utters at the end of the great old gangster flick "Little Caesar"? "Is this the end of Rico?"... Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:53:41 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1184295&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1184295&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/tZWABIyDSkY/view.bg When you're 18, living in Nashville, getting grief from your pals for loving the Red Sox, graduation presents don't get much better than the one Spencer Harp received... Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:13:57 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1184151&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1184151&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/Nkps0mg-J6Y/view.bg Is Tim Cahill a straw? Not a deliberate straw, of course, but there's an old saying: The best straw candidate is the one who doesn't know he's a straw. ... Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:55:02 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183948&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183948&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/Y2CvwoBeex0/view.bg So, now we know the truth: Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi was really Felix Unger - the simpering, compliant half of a lethal odd couple affair he shared with James... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:27:13 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183955&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183955&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/QXQ4Y3VlYJ8/view.bg Finally, a silver lining to this economic slump: It looks like the recession has killed the Bridezilla. The raging tyrants in tulle have been felled by a falling Dow and... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:17:35 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183703&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183703&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/vS9ZTqq5k7k/view.bg Charlie Baker finally pulled the trigger, and now the race is on. The decision by the former Welducci budget boss to run for governor has all kinds of ramifications,... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:53:42 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183721&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183721&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/F-4WBr9AK7s/view.bg I wish Charlie "Leave It To Beaver" Baker waited four more years to end his "Will I, Won't I" run-for-governor routine. I like him. Everybody... Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:46:03 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183727&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183727&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/aoed3DAis-s/view.bg So Tim Cahill has pulled a Sarah Palin. He's not quitting, but he will be running for governor as an independent, hoping to appeal to "blue-collar voters" and... Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:56:56 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183516&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183516&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/QebmYLhy7Cc/view.bg It was a red leather jacket festooned with zippers, not exactly made for the tropical heat of Jamaica's Montego Bay. But Cleon James remembered it yesterday with... Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:41:21 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183529&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183529&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/eSSzFGrMAU0/view.bg "It wrinkles my clothes." State Trooper Eric Benson said yesterday he's actually heard that excuse from accident victims explaining why they're not... Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:04:09 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183306&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183306&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/HxMYwPS9bvI/view.bg We never met, though we shared a sense of kinship after he called one night to report he'd been receiving calls from readers of this column. It would happen many... Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:48:22 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183110&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183110&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/OH1h6b6llpE/view.bg "I keep expecting Amanda to walk in any second with that great big smile of hers," Kim Murray was saying as she sat on the front step of a Medfield bungalow, beneath... Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:57:10 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183009&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183009&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/RW9EJUNJwUM/view.bg Ms. "You Betcha" really outdid herself Friday. In a breathless, rambling, manic and, let's be honest here, downright nutty address outside her Wasilla... Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:06:58 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183011&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1183011&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/F85eXXAOr7I/view.bg I finally figured out the end game - the public-sector unions are busting out the commonwealth of Massachusetts. You know how a bust-out works. The Sopranos did one in... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:33:33 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1182999&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1182999&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/N-sUBpd52nQ/view.bg They'll do what they've always done on the Fourth of July, inviting as many as 100 friends to gather this afternoon at their lakeside cottage in New Hampshire where,... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:25:23 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1182907&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1182907&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/52elWBYitPE/view.bg Your name is Deval Patrick, and you are a taxaholic. On Monday, a reporter asked you a question about raising the gasoline tax, and you blurted out, maybe we'll... Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:46:52 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1182788&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1182788&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/ZkJeGuDcIWg/view.bg Yesterday, seven Boston Police officers were suspended from active duty for the same reason Mark McGwire is not in the baseball hall of fame and Barry Bonds may wind up in... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:59:26 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1182761&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1182761&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/VgSkl48am30/view.bg So frequent are politicians' extramarital shenanigans, we look for The Silver Lining. We thought we'd found one in beleaguered, lovesick adulterer Mark Sanford,... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:14:02 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1182568&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1182568&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/columnists/~3/CsJU5gW91Go/view.bg Hey, Supreme Judicial Court -don't even think about not disbarring Felon Finneran. The latest lawyer for the crooked ex-House speaker pooh-poohs the Felon's... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:50:03 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1182292&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1182292&srvc=rss