The accidental purist

Jon Miller, baseball sage and onetime voice of the Red Sox, is no stick-in-the-mud. But he does like loyal players, Fenway Park, and a good old-fashioned pennant race.
interview by Tom Scocca

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of lipo

Cosmetic surgery is drifting from a cash-up-front business into a credit market that accommodates -- and sometimes specifically recruits -- people who thought they couldn't afford it. The pitch is simple: Doesn't every American deserve to be beautiful?
by Ellen Barry

On the edge

Five families struggling near the welfare line
photographs by Mark Ostow, text by Yvonne Abraham

c o l u m n s

Editorial	by the Phoenix
Reforming welfare reform There is a humane alternative

Don't Quote Me	by Dan Kennedy
No doubting Thomas Boston Globe columnist Tom Oliphant takes himself out of the game with his over-the-top defense of Bill Clinton

Cityscape	by Sarah McNaught
Discipline and punish "Sheila" was a top student. Then her school found out that she's a dominatrix. Now Sheila's not a student at all.

Talking Politics	by Michael Crowley
Attorney for hire Nanny-hunter Tom Reilly and camera-chaser Lois Pines slug it out in the race for AG

Ask Dr. Lovemonkey

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