The Globe vs. Ray Flynn

A controversial front-page story says the former mayor has a drinking problem, that he was a failure at the Vatican. Flynn says it was a cheap shot, driven by class bias. The more interesting question: What took the Globe so long?
by Dan Kennedy

Go east, young man

Young Irish immigrants have been trying their luck here since long before the potato crop failed. But these days in Boston -- as in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, and all the cities shaped by the Irish diaspora -- they are hearing the siren song of a new land of opportunity: Ireland.
by Ellen Barry

c o l u m n s

Campaign Snapshot	by Yvonne Abraham
Lynda J. McNally, Peggy Davis-Mullen, Mickey Roache, Maureen Feeney, Bill Owens, Anthony Schinella, Gareth Saunders, Suzanne Iannella, Diane Modica

Talking Politics	by Michael Crowley
The graduate The student of two political masters, Worcester congressman Jim McGovern is blending pork and principle to become a rising star of the Massachusetts House delegation

Campaign Trail	by Jason Gay
The Crayola candidate Oddball Cambridge City Council challenger Ian MacKinnon wants to bring more art into local politics, and he's willing to donate half the position's salary to prove his point

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