Following up on my Friday post about schoolkids trying to make Franklin the state inventor, Jon at Bostonist.com rags on Alex Beam for his faux-crankiness about making basketball the state sport.It's fantastic to give kids this kind of … [Read more...]

I'm not sure why Lexington, of all the wealthy, progressive, suburban towns around Boston, has become such a flashpoint in the culture war over gay families.In Newton, a few miles south of Lexington, an activist named Brian Camenker has … [Read more...]