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Creep of the Week: The U.S.

D'Anne Witkowski -
I recently had a post go viral on Bluesky. As I write this, it has close to 11,000 likes and has been shared nearly...
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Creep of the Week: The false accuser of Pete Buttigieg

D'Anne Witkowski -
When you’re a parent, there are a lot of potential nightmares. When they’re babies, you worry that they will suddenly stop breathing. When they’re...
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Despair will not have the final word

Nick Petruncio -
This is my inaugural issue as editor-in-chief. I am honored and excited to have taken on this position. I started out years ago as...
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Creep of the Week: Certain Democrats

D'Anne Witkowski -
I have always voted for Democrats. This means that for much of my voting life, I’ve been voting for people who did not support...
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How a picnic became Medford’s first Pride celebration

Pola Galie -
It started the way a lot of good ideas do — with four friends playing trivia at a brewery. Our little group didn’t look like...
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Creep of the Week: Lindsey Graham 

D'Anne Witkowski -
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) died of a hardened heart (no, seriously) on July 11 at age 71. He’d been in office since...
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Creep of the Week: Florida Congressmen

D'Anne Witkowski -
I just plugged “Is Riverdance Irish dancing” into a search engine. Turns out the answer is yes. Do you remember the Riverdance craze? In the late ’90s,...
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Country’s promissory note applies to LGBTQ+ Americans too

Tony Settle -
Life. Liberty. The pursuit of happiness. Two hundred and fifty years ago those words were written into the Declaration of Independence, a founding document of...
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Creep of the Week: Josh Hokit

D'Anne Witkowski -
In 2004, the band Modest Mouse released an album called Good News for People Who Love Bad News. I think of this album title...
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Creep of the Week: The Trump Administration

D'Anne Witkowski -
Dear Reader, In an effort to thwart the rise of AI, I am choosing not to use a computer to write this week’s column....
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