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In order to survive in 21st century America, you need a place to sleep and a means of income. That’s
At a newsroom meeting a few days ago, the young staff of The Item was treated to its yearly reminder
I used to smoke cigarettes. I don’t anymore, or at least I intend not to from the bottom of my
My best friend and I are of two minds about catcalling. She assumes the rare attitude of flattery, even pride,
The other day, as I was walking down the street, I came upon a woman and her male companion on
They say that Boston is the worst-dressed major city in the country, and they might be right. It goes beyond
So. In my last column, while singing the praises of the humble safety pin, I may have outed myself as
The other day, a coworker showed me a cool new gizmo she’d purchased on Amazon. It was a quarter-sized pin
Generations before COVID-19 cast its long shadow over American life, graduation had been a big, big deal. The coronavirus may