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Mickey Mouse Multiculturalism

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Published June 9, 2010 at 9:15 p.m.
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Governor Patrick's problematic Mosque visit. Plus, Bush — and the GOP — vote yes for torture ... Massachusetts treasurer and independent candidate for governor Tim Cahill was off base when he accused incumbent governor Deval Patrick of "playing politics with terrorism" in the wake of Patrick's visit to the controversial Roxbury mosque maintained by the Islamic Society of Boston ... Massachusetts treasurer and independent candidate for governor Tim Cahill was off base when he accused

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Dead Kids

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Published June 9, 2010 at 9:12 p.m.
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Startling sociological findings about violence and Boston's inner-city youth ... Boston's violence promotes more violence, and its murders beget even more murder ... Boston's violence promotes more violence, and its murders beget even more murder ... READ: "Words to live by," by David S. Bernstein ... That's the sad but unavoidable lesson to take from a powerful new book just published by sociologist David J. Harding, who studied Boston's inner-city black youth while at the Sociology and Social

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The Battle of Mission Hill

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Published June 9, 2010 at 4:31 p.m.
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Town-versus-gown tempers are boiling over near the Northeastern campus, as residents charge the giant school with 'death by incrementalism' ... Oftentimes, inner-city dwellers who have to routinely phone police about disorderly neighbors fear retribution from gangbangers or drug dealers ... NOT GOOD IN THIS HOOD Through the early ’80s, abominable Mission Hill tenements were sometimes deprived of heat, water, and even windows ... Oftentimes, inner-city dwellers who have to routinely phone

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DA: Slain elderly clerk tried to thwart robbers with cane

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Published Feb. 25, 2010 at 11:59 a.m.

Two Roxbury teenagers were held without bail this morning for allegedly shooting to death an elderly store clerk ...

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Police investigate possible prostitution ring

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Published Feb. 6, 2010 at 10:27 p.m.

BOSTON -- Police are investigating a possible prostitution ring out of West Roxbury ...

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Skara Grill

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Published Feb. 3, 2010 at 4:33 p.m.
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Satisfying a Grecian yearning ... Having longed for an all-out Greek dining room in metro Boston since, well, almost since the Phoenix was reviewing plays by Euripides and protesting the Peloponnesian War, I finally hit Dionysos in Cambridge about a year before it closed in 2007 ... LAMB DUNK: The succulent marinated lamb kebabs were among the best entrées, featuring 10 good chunks of lamb tenderloin with grilled onions and peppers ... Skara Grill ... 1985 Centre Street, West Roxbury

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Cease and desist

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Published Feb. 3, 2010 at 6:08 p.m.
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Operation Ceasefire brought peace to the streets, and then let it all slip away ... In its five years from conception to unraveling, the Boston Gun Project's Operation Ceasefire became one of the most respected urban defensives in American history ... The war over peace: A decade removed from the 'Boston Miracle,' violent crime once again has parts of the city under siege. Can the miracle makers usher in another period of peace without shooting themselves in the foot? By Chris Faraone ... In

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2009: The year in cheap eats

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Published Dec. 24, 2009 at 11:21 a.m.
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A good year to dine 'On the Cheap,' for many reasons ... In the wake of the Bush Recession, it's been gratifying to spend 2009 noting how many good budget-priced restaurants Boston has ... In the wake of the Bush Recession, it's been gratifying to spend 2009 noting how many good budget-priced restaurants Boston has. From my past 50 weekly columns, here are a few standouts: ... BEST BREAKFAST Steak & eggs at Auntie B's, in West Roxbury. The half-pound sirloin is a king among diner steaks ...

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Burning down the house

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Published Dec. 22, 2009 at 6:09 p.m.
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The roof is on Fire Dept ... "The life of the artist is seeing possibility where other people don't," says Madeleine Steczynski, an East Boston artist and activist ... "The life of the artist is seeing possibility where other people don't," says Madeleine Steczynski, an East Boston artist and activist ... Engine Company 40, an old firehouse at 260 Sumner Street, sat empty and dilapidated for more than 30 years. In 1994, Steczynski had a vision of turning the rundown eyesore into a

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New edition

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Published Dec. 9, 2009 at 2:29 p.m.
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Masspike Miles, Lisa Bello, and the little R&B scene that can ... There’s no underground scene for pop-minded R&B. Not in Boston, and not really anyplace else ... WINNER: “Everything I’ve accomplished so far has been through my live performances rather than smoke or hype,” says Boston Music Award winner Bello ... There’s no underground scene for pop-minded R&B. Not in Boston, and not really anyplace else. The next Ne-Yo or Beyoncé might regularly record and gig around town, but such

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