I’m working on my book “Boston Bamboozled.” It’s really going to tell the Whitey Bulger Saga from a different angle than has been told before. One part of writing is doing the right research to come as close to the truth as possible in a story that been built on a bevy of falsehoods. The…
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Thought Candy: The FBI’s Most Wanted Dilemma
The book I’m reading reminds me that Whitey Bulger became the Most Wanted man in America on the FBI’s Top Most Wanted List when Osama ashbin Laden passed away. That’s quite an achievement. He earned that position for the crimes he committed between 1975 and 1990 and for having fled in 1995 to avoid prosecution….
Football: The Season of Joy: Time For A Change
Not to be caught up in the mania of the season, the Boston Globe took the time to write an editorial suggesting UMass drop football. It notes that the new NCAA rules allowing the five most powerful college football conferences in the country to pay its players makes it almost impossible for schools like UMass which…
Thought Candy:
The politicians and the media have made a big ado about the militarization of our police forces. It all comes from the events that occurred after the tragic death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO. There riots broke out and some of the police used military like equipment to put down the riots. Not mentioned…
A Continuing Prejudice
There are four rankings of colleges in the Boston area that I found. Forbes: MIT 5, Harvard 7, Tufts 25, Boston College 36, Brandies 74, Boston University 89, Northeastern 209. U S News: Harvard 2, MIT 7, Tufts 28, Boston College 31, Brandies 32, Boston University 41, Northeastern 49Business Insider (Top 50): MIT 1, Harvard 3, Tufts…
An 8 year old’s letter to Ukrainian soldiers
Dear Soldier, I don’t have a dad, my grandpa is disabled and other than you, my mom and I don’t have anyone to protect us. Thank you! For the fact that I can play at the playground, eat ice cream, watch cartoons! My mom and I will never forget what you are doing now! When…