Dorie Clark considers what Peggy Davis-Mullen must do to become the next mayor

Dan Kennedy on Narco News and how the war on drugs, a powerful Mexican banker, and a libel suit add up to a big threat to independent online journalism. Plus, a conversation with Narco News Bulletin impresario Al Giordano.

Andrew Weiner digs up some of Natick's problems like its giant cockroaches and toxic chemical contamination, the town stands as an ironic reminder of the futurism it once embraced.

Nina Willdorf laughs with Loretta LaRoche, a therapist who uses her signature ‘laugh therapy’ to alleviate stress in everyone from Domino’s Pizza employees to terminal AIDS and cancer patients

Seth Gitell says that the recent China crisis should teach us what we failed to learn from Tiananmen Square: You can’t negotiate with people who violate human rights.

In the Phoenix editorial, an outdoor amphitheater and fountain are big ideas for the Central Artery surface corridor. Don’t kill them with little questions.

In Out There, Dan Tobin fears hipsters.

In Urban Buy, Suzanne Kammlott tells us how to turn our everyday vehicles into hot wheels.

Plus, this just in:

TALKING POLITICS: Swift’s got the power
BIBLIO FILE: Desperately seeking Dave
BIG BIRDS: What’s for dinner?
MEDIA: Giving new voice to some not-so-obvious truths
HIGHER AMBITION: Tales out of school
CAMBRIDGE: Home rule is where the heart is
FREEDOM TO SPEAK: Fight the news box ban
CAMPAIGN 2002: GLAD files gay-marriage lawsuit

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