It was interesting to observe how the first of Sen. John Kerry’s numerous official announcements for the 2004 Democratic Presidential nomination was played in the local and national media today. The Boston Herald went overboard, making it the lead story and embellishing it with a flattering photograph covering two-thirds of the front page. The Boston… Continue reading

The Boston Globe’s media analyst Mark Jurkowitz coninues to demonstrate why he’s the best in the business. Today’s article was brimming with news about the Cape Cod Times’ coverage of the controversial wind farm project proposed for the Cape’s waters and several other important developments involving local media. I hope he’s appreciated on Morrissey Boulevard.

What, I asked Lorenzi, caught the pope’s interest? “Italian politics,” Lorenzi said. “And Formula One racing.” Read more, on the 25th anniversary of the election of Pope John Paul I, the “forgotten” pope.

“Progress, education, democracy and human rights were all concepts that Sir Wilfred deplored.” One of the last great explorers of the 20th century has died. If you haven’t read Wilfred Thesiger’s Arabian Sands, now is a good time to get in one last summer book before Labor Day. God rest his soul.

Jay Fitzgerald is exactly right about the murder of ex-priest John Geoghan: “Why was Geoghan booked in a maximum-security prison, from the outset, with all the other physically dangerous prisoners? Was he dumped there because he was psychologically assessed as a potential threat? Was he there because of overcrowding at other facilities? Was he there… Continue reading