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JOHNSTON: A deplorable delivery

JOHNSTON: A deplorable delivery

Andrew Johnston November 9, 2016

Whether you’re jumping for joy, mildly content, less than satisfied or downright mortified by the result, the past year has been one hell of a ride. Our great-great-great-grandchildren will one day read...

GAMADES: Ted Cruz and John Kasich alliance futile

GAMADES: Ted Cruz and John Kasich alliance futile

Lucy Gamades April 28, 2016

Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and John Kasich announced last Sunday that they would team up to stop Donald Trump, adopting a last-ditch philosophy that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Well,...

REMILLARD: Ben Carson overstaying political welcome

REMILLARD: Ben Carson overstaying political welcome

Christopher Remillard February 26, 2016

Maybe by the time you’re reading this, Ben Carson will have finally dropped out of the race for president. Unqualified, misinformed and often incoherent, it’s time for Carson to raise a white flag....

YANK-JACOBS: Campaign finance reform an issue for both parties

YANK-JACOBS: Campaign finance reform an issue for both parties

Kobe Yank-Jacobs February 19, 2016

In June 2015, a New York Times and CBS News poll showed that 84 percent of respondents thought money had “too much” influence in politics. Yet the issue of campaign finance reform continually fails...

Members of the Boston community as well as BU staff and faculty contributed large amounts of money to the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Marco Rubio. GRAPHIC BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
PHOTOS COURTESY OF BETSEY GOLDWASSER, ALEXANDRA WIMLEY, SARAH SILBIGER AND GAGE SKIDMORE/FLICKR

Majority of BU employees donate to Democratic candidates, few Republicans

J.D. Capelouto February 18, 2016

Boston University employees donated almost $30,000 to presidential candidates over the course of 2015. An overwhelming majority went to Democratic candidates, a Daily Free Press analysis of campaign...

TENTINDO: Kanye West's album cover is ugly, provokes discussion

TENTINDO: Kanye West’s album cover is ugly, provokes discussion

Will Tentindo February 16, 2016

Many underappreciate and ignore the subtleties of graphic design. A large number of people view graphic design as something easy that could be passed onto an intern. But after countless public mishaps,...

REMILLARD: Democrats could learn from GOP caucus results

REMILLARD: Democrats could learn from GOP caucus results

Christopher Remillard February 4, 2016

It has not been a good year for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Days after announcing he was running for president — way back on June 15, 2015 — NBC published a poll showing Bush as the frontrunner,...

BURSTEIN: We should treat Trump as a serious candidate, not an SNL host

BURSTEIN: We should treat Trump as a serious candidate, not an SNL host

Sarah Burstein November 9, 2015

“Saturday Night Live” is probably my absolute favorite part of election season. Among all the political ads, mud-slinging and debates, “SNL” has always been ready to keep our candidates humble...

GAMADES: Election season takes focus off bigger issues

GAMADES: Election season takes focus off bigger issues

Lucy Gamades November 2, 2015

There was another pre-election pageant on Wednesday. The U.S. Republican presidential candidates took the stage for the third time, and as usual, there was extensive commentary everywhere on the Internet:...

EDITORIAL: Calling all moderate presidential candidates

EDITORIAL: Calling all moderate presidential candidates

Editors October 8, 2015

It seems as though every day a different presidential candidate makes some obscene comment about an issue that’s both topical and sensitive. Wednesday was no exception. Jezebel reported Wednesday that...

RYAN: Hillary, it's time to quit the Millennial Marketing

RYAN: Hillary, it’s time to quit the Millennial Marketing

Sara Ryan September 22, 2015

Six months ago, I was so #ReadyForHillary. We had all been waiting months (or years) for the Clinton 2016 campaign to begin. It felt like every news story on the former secretary of state mentioned her...

"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" premiered Wednesday night. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

REVIEW: With “The Late Show,” Stephen Colbert reinvents himself, genre

Steve Friedman September 11, 2015

“With this show, I begin the search for the real Stephen Colbert,” said the former host of “The Colbert Report” as he welcomed the audience to his new show. “I just hope I don’t find him...

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