Poll after poll tells us that we voters actually do care about the war in Iraq, the economy, jobs, and the environment, among other concerns. We are less interested in strategy, polls, fundraising, name calling, and personal conflicts. (Not that those are insignificant.) If there was more discussion in the media about the issues and voting records, there would then be more pressure on the candidates to clarify and refine their positions, which in turn would educate the public and increase our interest in the issues.
As we begin to move out of the primary phase, I urge the Phoenix to provide a public service and to rise above irrelevancy.
William Dain
Newtonville
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- Library woes
In an attempt to save four Boston Public Library branches that are slated to close due to budget shortfalls, some state legislators from Boston have threatened to block all state funding the library receives if it shutters any of its 26 branches.
- AG should probe BPL
Political innocents who discount allegations that Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is politicizing the Boston Public Library’s board of trustees so that he can directly control the nation’s oldest free municipal library received a rude awakening recently.
- Unpleasantness at the BPL
Why would the library’s trustees give the boot to a leader who has proved to be a triple-threat talent?
- While you were out . . .
When you’re a student, it can seem as if reality just freezes when you leave town for the summer.
- That hurts
Regarding David Thorpe’s recent “The Big Hurt” column: it’s unfortunate and a sad commentary on society that you get paid for this.
- The IberoAmerican Film Festival
Boston’s IberoAmerican Film Festival, organized by the Boston Public Library in partnership with the regional consulates of each of the 13 countries, continues tonight and runs through August 26 at the BPL.
- Menino aims to take another bite out of the BPL
Why does Boston mayor Thomas Menino seem to have such a chip on his shoulder about the Boston Public Library?
- Role model?
John Waters gets up close and personal
- After Pauline
“Why Aren’t There More Women Film Critics?” was the subject of a January 31 forum at the Boston Public Library, and nobody on our panel came up with much of an answer.
- State of the State House coverage
Adam Reilly made an erroneous assumption when he bemoaned the loss of State House news coverage with the downsizing of the Boston Globe . Fortunately, Boston is still a two-newspaper town.
- Dane Cook does suck
In "Dane Cook Is Funny," the author says that to say “ 'Dane Cook is not funny' is an extreme oversimplification.” Not really.
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