Dangerous operations must be closed
***Graphic*** Dr. Kermit Gosnell – have you heard of him? If you haven’t, I wouldn’t be surprised. There’s been a virtual blackout regarding Gosnell’s murder trial and horrifying “business” practices...
Author Archives: A.P. Blake
Diminutive digs designed by doctrinal developers
Suffolk University hosted a Building Boston 2030 forum at the Modern Theatre on Tuesday morning, in order to highlight the issues and changes in regard to Boston’s economic development in the coming ...
Strangling Downtown Crossing: One small business at a time
Downtown Crossing could feel a whole lot more desolate in the coming days. If the Downtown Crossing Business Improvement District (or simply ‘BID’) gets its way, that is. In an effort to spruce up th...
Part of the problem: How a few people can keep your rents high
In the latest case of Boston trying desperately to not act like an actual city, a group of car zealots wielding too much power over Boston’s development process were able to hijack plans for a car-le...
Phi Alpha Tau: an example for us all
An Emerson College-based fraternity is going above and beyond most other college frats, showing the world what brotherhood is all about. Phi Alpha Tau – which boasts itself as the oldest communicativ...
School’s social media needs a revamp
Another new internet meme, another new chance to embarrass and degrade Suffolk University. That is exactly what I feel happened in Suffolk’s latest social media campaign, the Suffolk Shake. I’m all f...
Walz to step down, introduces a bill to further delay city development...
Good riddance! That was my reaction to news that State Rep. Martha “Marty” Walz (D – Boston) was announcing the intention to resign from her seat on Beacon Hill. Walz made the announcement on Jan. 30...
Dorner’s story censored by media
Christopher Dorner has captured the attention of police departments, media outlets, and stunned citizens across the country and around the world. Just as I’m sure many of you did, I couldn̵...
Legal battles over public projects must be put to a stop
Is there anything more infuriating than pointless obstructionism? Medford resident Bill Wood is doing just that, along with neighbor Carolyn Rosen. According to the Boston Globe, a lawsuit against th...
Government subsidies and regulations harm housing market
As we enter 2013, homeowners are relieved to put 2012, and the bottomed-out real estate prices that came with it, in the rear view mirror. The bottoming-out came five years after real estate prices p...
Police officers cross the line far too often
Police are getting away with murder – quite literally on occasion. In Spokane, Washington, a police officer beat, tasered, bound, and sat on Otto Zehm. Zehm was an innocent mentally disabled man, and...
I$ another war worth it? Why we $houldn’t tru$t propoganda
With the drums of war beating for Iran, too few questions are being asked. There are striking similarities with how the United States entered the war with Iraq. Remember how we entered Iraq based on ...