I vote for a new proofreader!

"...no other poster, card, handbill, placard, picture or circular intended to influence the action of the voter shall be posted, exhibited, circulated or distributed in the polling place, in the building where the polling place is located, on the walls thereof, on the premises on which the building stands, or within one hundred and fifty feet of the building entrance door to such polling place."

I just came from the Joyce Kilmer School, scratching my civic duty itch for the year. As usual, the above law (MGL Chapter 54, Section 65) was being flouted. I've said something in the past to the offenders, but I didn't bother this year, because they all seemed friendly enough, and no one was too aggressive.

Is this normal at all city polling places? Does everyone gather as close to the door as they can reasonably get without blocking it? Was I wrong to not mention this to the cop at the checkout desk inside? Would he have even done anything?

Oh well. Let it be known that an annoying sign-holder at a voting station is as likely to make me not vote for someone as anonymous attack mailers. (And to the Stephen Murphy supporter, I'd rather a pen than a pencil, but thanks anyway.)

A lot of people seem to be, including our friends at New England's Largest Newspaper.

Its been years since I read the Sunday Comics with any regularity, but I still check it out every once in a while to make sure Janis didn't leave Arlo or anything crazy like that. (I recommend F Minus, my current favorite Globe comic.) Today, though, the Globe made the brave editorial decision to not print a certain comic, and instead replace it with an oldie from 2004. The comic's offense? A horrendous attack on all that Muslims around the world hold dear.

Hi everyone. Long time reader, first time poster. I grew up in West Roxbury, and went to St. Theresa's School for my younger years, say, the mid to late 80's. Anyone who went to the school or, more importantly, went to Church or had anything to do with the Parish knew and loved Father Robert A. Ward. Funny, human guy whom everyone seemed to like, and was by far the most "normal" of the priests in the parish.

Years pass, priests come and go (mostly go, with the priest shortage and all), and stories start to come out. We know a good deal of the Fr. Ward story, but nowhere near the whole story. We've heard about the child pornography found on the computer, with the adjective "extensive" thrown in for an amount. We know the church knew he was into coke by 1995, at the latest. We know a local man claimed to be touched by Ward while at Our Lady of the Presentation in Brighton in the mid-late 70's. We know about his stay at the Lahey Clinic, and a few other details about his final years in the service of the Church.