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Comment on: Bill Belichick talks Welker, Gronkowski, Mallett, and Cannon - Patriots - Boston.com
I don't think it's a coincidence that the two players Belichick spoke highly of are Mallett (butter him up for the sake of trade value) and Cannon (reduce Vollmer's negotiating leverage.) Yet another more »
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How about: murder should not be tolerated, regardless of the victim's gender.
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Comment on: Former BC captain Frates ever courageous - Red Sox - Boston.com
Surely he meant for it to be spelled the "Frate train".
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Comment on: Why the Patriots actually improved in 2012 - Patriots - Boston.com
I'm pretty sure that Bedard would have written a column giving positional averages over the course of the season whether they went to the SB or not. And I'm also pretty sure that a lot of Patriots fa more »
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Comment on: Mysterious flying object baffles Amherst residents - News - Boston.com
There were some weird things in the sky above Brighton Center last Sunday around 7 pm - looked like flying jack-o-lanterns
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Thanks for this article - while I certainly hope that Foster leaves Gillette Stadium with little to show for his efforts, the NFL needs more people like him.
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Comment on: The fiscal cliff: tax the rich, cut the deficit, and grow the economy - Economy & Equity - Boston.com
It's amusing how the Globe seems to think that if their writers repeatedly trumpet Keynesian ideas, the readership will simply accept them as being true (I'm thinking also of Scot Lehigh's piece yeste more »
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Comment on: THE POST-ELECTION GOP - Opinion - The Boston Globe
Indeed - it is time for the GOP to switch its support to Austrian Economics, a la Ron Paul. More and more people are beginning to wake up to the fact that the Keynesian edifice that has dominated the more »
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Comment on: Do Thursday night games cause more injuries? - Stats Driven - Boston sports statistics blog
So in what sense is the author's statement that you quote incorrect? He indicates quite clearly that what he has found is absence of evidence, not evidence of absence.
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I normally find Mazz's columns to be a little silly, but this one was both right on the money and entertaining. Well done.
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Comment on: Trade for Talib a desperate move for Patriots - Extra Points - Boston.com
Yeah, I really don't get the negative element to the response here. Talib has a much greater potential impact on the team's title chances in the remainder of Tom Brady's career than a fourth-round pi more »
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Comment on: Dear John: Welcome back to the Red Sox - Obnoxious Boston Fan - Boston.com
This is the second time in recent weeks that OBF has said something along the lines of "the remaining core of the Red Sox roster is strong enough win the wild card and reach the ALCS, but not strong e more »
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Comment on: Iglesias, Ciriaco are pieces, not solutions - Touching All the Bases - Boston.com
Oxymoron? I think you mean redundancy.
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Comment on: Secondary a first-rate problem for Patriots - Sports - The Boston Globe
Thanks for telling it like it is, Greg. Indeed, it's one of the real mysteries of the BB era how so many good-looking players at the cornerback/safety position end up being so useless. And given that more »
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Comment on: Ben Cherington: âCarmine hatedâ blockbuster trade - Red Sox - Boston.com
Um...."Cowboy up!" was '03, dude. more »
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Comment on: Maine woman, 49, gives birth to her grandson - News - Boston.com
This story was so much less interesting than I thought it was going to be more »
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Comment on: 'Local bans proliferate, from plastic water bottles to swearing to leaf blowers'
No need to turn this into a liberal vs. conservative issue - the fundamental change toward a more collectivist view of government that has taken place in this country over the last century has been la more »
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Comment on: Person shot in Roxbury; police pursue suspect into Milton - Boston.com
The victim should sue Harvard. more »
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Comment on: Mother of Justin Cosby, who was fatally shot in Harvard dorm room, files suit against college - Boston.com
The link on the front page says "Mother of murdered Harvard student sues school." He wasn't a Harvard student. Might want to fix that one, editors... more »
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Comment on: Live%20updates%3A%20Mariners%20at%20Red%20Sox%20
In baseball, it's "flied", not "flew." "Flew" is the past tense of what a bird or an airplane does. more »
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Comment on: 'Economists forecast slow but steady US hiring'
More positive spin from the mainstream media - check out http://www.zerohedge.com/news/addbacks-22k-seasonal-206k-birth-death and http://www.zerohedge.com/news/people-not-labor-force-soar-522000-labor more »
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Comment on: Boston Red Sox - Yankees post back-to-back 7-run innings, win 15-9 - Boston.com
It's one game, people! Remember 2001, when the epic juggernaut Seattle M's blew a 14-2 lead in the seventh inning vs Cleveland? Weird things happen in baseball, that's what makes it fun. What did Bobb more »
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Comment on: Bob Ryan planning to retire from
Boston Globe after London Olympics - The Buzz - Boston.com sports newsThanks, Mr Ryan, for all the entertaining columns over the years. The Globe sports section will not be the same without you. more »
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Comment on: 'Thomas needs a save to restore his legacy'
The paragraph about Nixon may be the worst abuse of logic that I have ever seen. 1) Thomas doesn't like the US government that is in place today. 2) The media once helped take down the US government o more »
How did he know that Tamerlan was dead?