Volume
CCXLII February 2012
The Archives
January 2012: Hot
off the Trail: The usual Republican contenders race to
Tampa
January 2012: 2012
Douchebags of the Year: For Pete's sake, they're running
for office here
December 2011: The Spy chooses the
least fascinating persons of 2011
December 2011: No cheers for V-I
Day
December 2011: The Spy's annual
appeal: Do Not Forget the Clueless!
December 2011: The Spy outsources its
style section to The
New York Times: what could go wrong?
November
1930: From the Archives:
German Chancellor saves the world through
austerity
November 2011: The Massachusetts Spy Review of
Unreadable Books, autumn number
October
2011: Amazing hi-tech political assistant
seems almost human
October 2011: Hub flatfeet
protect the shrubbery
October 2011: Sox swoon '11:
Don't blame the owners,
Shill says
September
2011: East of Here:
Saudi women off the road to freedom and Putin's choice
September 2001: From the Archives:
Clueless man in joyless town
September 2011: City
without Shame:
Dems talk trash, GOP seeks repeal of "job-killing" laws
August
2011: Hot off the Trail: Perry on the issues; God
on
Bachmann
August 2011: News
from Zontar: Obama stands up to GOP extortion
July
2011: The Massachusetts
Spy Review of
Unreadable Books, summer number
July 2011: Spy
Publisher
explains why he's closing our Sunday paper
June
2011: City without
Shame:
Politicians send obscene messages
May 1968: From the Archives:
Turn on, tune in, ream out the altar boys
May 2011: City
without Shame:
Sandra Day O'Connor now giving out civics lessons
May 2011: Hot
off the Trail:
Trump on tour; Obama on the attack
April
2011: The Massachusetts
Spy Review of
Unreadable Books, spring number
April 2011: Who can beat Scott
Brown?
The Spy
names the leading contenders.
March 2011: U.S.
dramatically doesn't
intervene to protect civilians
March 2011: Elsewhere, world
acts to
protect the defenseless
March 2011: Hot Air Force
orders your kids to Libya
March 2011: East
of Here: Berlusconi caught in the saddle with
sleazy Arab
February
2011: Scott
Brown on the lessons of his miserable past
February 2011: Good
and Dead: You say lying, he said acting
February 2011: Herd
on the Street: The heartache of bullied bank CEO's
January 2011: 2011
Douchebags of the Year: It's a party; bring your guns and
Medicare cards
January 2011: News
from Zontar: Giffords attack doesn't shake little girl's
faith in politics
January 2011: The Massachusetts Spy Review of
Unreadable Books, winter number
December
2010: The Spy's
annual
appeal: Do Not Forget the Clueless!
December 2010: Russia, Qatar,
and FIFA: which of
these things is just like the others?
December 2010: Leaked cables
reveal shocking secret
of U.S. diplomacy
November 2010: News
from Zontar: Obama caves on taxes, eliciting a GOP vow of
cooperation
November 2010: The Spy's David
Bloviator explains the midterm tsunami smackdown
October
2010: The Massachusetts
Spy Review of
Unreadable Books, autumn number
October 2010: From the Archives:
Angry white men dominate elections
September
2010: Hot
off the Trail: Christine O'Donnell not taking matters in
hand
September 2010: Crooked U.S.
ally explains how
crime can pay
September 2010: Ink-Stained
Wretches: Hub overwhelmed by thousands of arriving student
stories
August
2010: Good
and Dead: Two mean old white guys
August 1853: From the Archives:
City overrun by immigrants with alien religious beliefs
August 2010: The Massachusetts Spy Review of
Unreadable Books, all-Sarah number
July
2010: Good
and Dead: The Yankee Clipper
July 2010: Publisher of
Spy turns
out to be a Russian spy
June 2010: City without Shame:
Hill weighs drug tests
June 2010: Nation ignores
victims of Gulf
disaster
June
1941: From the Archives:
Gallant blockade runners just want to feed children
May
2010: The Massachusetts
Spy Review of
Unreadable Books, spring number
July 2005: From the Archives:
High Court nominee fights off rumors
April
2010: Goldman Sachs
executives laugh off
double secret probation
April 2010: U.S. cut off by toxic
cloud of smoke
April
1934: From the Archives:
Will new mass movement sink Dems in November?
April 2010: Red Sox preview: one-hit
wonders?
March
2010: East
of Here: Thousands of Britons die each year after
receiving Socialist
health care
March
2010: News
from Zontar: Foreign CEO's apologize to Japan for
dangerous products
February 2010: Current and
former
NY Governors
prove you can't die of shame
February 2010: The Spy's David
Bloviator ogles a hot political property
February 2010: The Spy tells Harvard
how to raise a few billion
February 2010: How Brown
delivered
and Menino
flamed out
November
2008: Old
news from Zontar: GOP to change policies after
back-to-back debacles
January 2010: NBC has another
brilliant idea for
late night
January 2010: The Massachusetts Spy Review of
Unreadable Books, winter number
January 2010: The Spy's 2009
Douchebag of the Year: something to cry about
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Spy
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Struggle
by Julie Macklowe (Torch Press)
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The Archives
(continued)
December
2009: The Spy's
annual
appeal: Do Not Forget the Clueless!
December 2009: The Spy outsources its
Style section to a bunch of prats from Eighth Avenue
December 2000: Some nitwit
crashes the White House
November
2009: On the jet, uh, bus with Sarah
Palin
November 2009: Local
news: Film studio bombs
November 2009: Bridge collapse
strands GOP
November 2009: Good
and Dead: Deal tout Bruce Wasserstein
October
2009: Supreme Court
interferes in
election
October 2009: The Massachusetts Spy Review of
Unreadable Books, autumn number
October 2009: Good
and Dead: Nixon mouthpiece William Safire
September
2009: The Spy's
ace pundit,
David Bloviator, takes the pulse of the health care struggle
September 2009: The Spy's Career Guide
September 2001: From the Archives:
President to talk to kids
September 2009: The Ted
Kennedy Hacky Carp remembers
August
1940: From the Archives:
Reps get an earful at town hall meetings
August 2009: Obama extends
cash for
clunkers
to
another bunch of burnt-out wrecks
July
2009: Could you be a Cambridge
cop? Take the test!
July 2009: The Massachusetts Spy
Review of
Unreadable Books, summer number
July 2009: Nine die in
Afghanistan, but
they're not famous, so who cares?
July 2009: Which has-beens might
be the next
to go?
June
2009: Harvard builds
Allston its very
own Grand Canyon
June 2009: Another Spy public
service: we find six buyers for the
Globe
June 2009: Journalism
for beginners: Fill in the blanks GOP attack story
June 2009: Shocking Spy exposé:
Sotomayor openly consorts with criminals
May
2009: Obama finds U.S. hellhole to replace
Guantanamo
May 2009: Reality show
rejects grateful for
obscurity
May 2009: The Massachusetts Spy Review of
Unreadable Books, spring number
May 2009: U.S. menaced by swine
outbreak
April 2009: Texas threatens to
secede; U.S.
waves buh-bye
April
2009: Spy
Book Exclusive: Hornblower
& the Privates [Surely, Pirates? – Lit. Ed.]
April 2009: Hub menaced by
murderous NY maniac
March
2009: City
without Shame: Taxpayers howl for repayment of
remuneration
March 2009: Local
News: Gay discrimination at St. Patty's Day Parade
March 2009: Sox
Preview '09:
the Too Olde Towne Team?
March 2009: The Massachusetts Spy Review of
Unreadable Books, winter number
February
2009:Russian tycoon solves the Spy's
money woes
February
2009: Obama seeks a cooler head at
Treasury
February
2009: Who won the 2008 Schondeh
von der Goyim
awards?
January
2005: From the Archives –
Inauguration Day 2005: you aren't there
January 2009:
Inauguration Day 2009 –
picking up the pieces
January
2009: Redstone to MTV – Send in the skanks
January 2009: Hard times come to
Harvard
December
2008: 2008 Spy Douchebag
of the
Year: ask any moose, they'll tell you
December 2008: Do
Not Forget the Clueless: the Spy's heartrending
Christmas appeal
December 2008:
News
from Zontar: GOP won't bail
out the banks until their CEO's take a pay cut
December 2008: Republican Party comeback based
on
three timeless
principles
November 2008: The Massachusetts Spy Review of
Unreadable Books,
autumn number
November 2008: Bush looks back
with pride on his
unprecedented achievements
November 2008: The
day after: America falls to Reds
November 1933: From the Archives:
The Spy's
presidential endorsementOctober
2008: Herd
on the Street: The Spy's
financial guru explains it all
October 2008: Hot
Off the Trail: McCain fights for the small beer distributor
October 2008: Travel
Section: 36 minutes in Wasilla, Alaska
October 2008: City
without Shame: GOP leaders suggest faith-based accounting
March
1991:
From the Archives – McCain takes on banking crisis
September 2008: Herd
on the Street: Wall Street anemic? Take a pint
of blood!
September 2008: Sarah
Palin's Diary: I am the chosen one
September 2008: Hot
off the Trail:
Disasters won't stop the GOP
August 2008: The Massachusetts
Spy Review of
Unreadable Books,
summer number
August
2008: News
from Zontar:
U.S. electorate outraged by torture
August 1936: From the Archives
– terrorists brought to trial
July
2008: Hot
off the Trail:
McCain's guru to America: Stop whining
July 2008: Good
and Dead:
Bigot, bully, great Republican
July 2008: The Spy's Ombudsman
objectively defends her colleagues
June
2008: Nation
drowning in flood coverage
June 2008: News
from Zontar:
Gas price rise bedevils Democrats
June 2008: Local News:
school designer wanted, no experience preferred
May
2008: The Massachusetts
Spy
Review of
Unreadable Books,
spring number
May
2008: From the archives:
the dangers of appeasement
May 2008: David Bloviator
on the
ex-candidate
April 2008: What
mortal could
replace Katie?
April 2008:
America plagued by
rash of
foreclosure stories
April 2008: McCain
proposes new
Justice League
for America
March 2008: Herd
on the Street: taxpayers leave picnic basket for the Bear
March 2008: Herd
on the Street: we're gonna die!
March 2008: War on crime:
mission accomplished
March 2008: Spring Training '08:
We'll take two
February
2008: The Massachusetts
Spy Review of
Unreadable Books, Winter Edition
February 2008: The Best
Political One-Man Team
in the History of American Journalism® explains it all to you
February 2008: Which members
of the Hebrew
persuasion won the Spy's
2008 Schondeh
von der Goyim award?
January
2008: Journalism for beginners:
The New York Times guide to how not to cover a strike
January
2008: All-purpose foreign policy disaster story – all you have to do is
fill in the blanks
January 2008: 37,000 nominees,
but only
two winners of the Spy's coveted Douchebag of the Year Awards
December
2007: Ellen
DeGeneres adopts an adorable new pet
December 2007: Good and Dead: the
Spy's obituary page
December
2007: Do Not Forget the
Clueless:
the Spy's heartrending holiday appeal
November 2007: Spy pundit David
Bloviator: Hillary's lacking a certain something
November
2007: Brave lawyers protest tyranny in faraway land
November
2007: The Massachusetts
Spy Review of Unreadable Books, Fall Edition
October
2007: Studios to writers: Frankly my dears we don't give a damn
October
2007: Russia fears for future of democracy in major world power
October
2007: NBC takes historic steps of abandoning Burbank studio,
entertainment
September
2007: Harvard to cut gas emissions
September
1967: From the
Archives: General says we're winning
August 2007:
The Massachusetts Spy
Review of Unreadable Books, Summer Edition
August
2007: Record delays caused by air traffic coverage
July 2007:
Celebrities
victimized by drug-planting clothes-stealing criminals
July
2007: Hot off the
Trail: Looking at the GOP base through a sigmoidoscope
July
2007: Victory, at Sea:
Bush demands (and gets) a recount of benchmarks
June 2007: News from Zontar:
Errant VP, DA disciplined
June 2007: Local mayor
discovers
he's Native American, pushes casino
June 2007: Chaos averted
at JFK Airport, barely
May
2007: U.S. military stages
impressive show of futility in the Persian Gulf
May 2007: The Massachusetts Spy Review of
Unreadable Books, Spring Edition
May 2007: Escort
caught prostituting herself in law firm
May 2007:
Energy-saving tips from the stars
April 2007: Spy Children's Book Exclusive:
The Angry Little Pig by
Alec Baldwin
April
2007: Hot Air Force deployment extended
April
2007: Spy Book Exclusive:
Horatio Hornblower sails again
Aprill 2007:
Washington worried
about endangered native species
October
1973: From
the Archives: GOP accuses Democrats of playing
politics with inquiry
March 2007: The
Bush Magical Gratitude
Tour is coming to take you away . . . to Guantanamo Bay
March
2007: Hot off the Trail:
Giuliani appeals to his natural base
March 2007: Race to the White House
takes an
early lead
February
2007: The Inscrutable
South: the Spy's
Spring Training report
February 2007: The Massachusetts Spy Review of
Unreadable Books, Winter Edition
February 2007: Culture news – a
new direction for
the ART
January
2007: It's the 237th
annual Schondeh von der
Goyim awards and the winners are . . .
January
2007: The Spy
reveals the names of the six finalists for the Presidency
of Harvard
January 2007: The
Hot
Air Force sorties again
January
2007: Let us say amen: the final chapter of The Book of Moron
December
2006: Boston to replace City Hall Plaza with crowded square
December 2006: The Spy's
Christmas appeal: Do Not Forget The Clueless
December 2006: Bush adviser gets the
chop
November
2006: Special correspondent Tom Hobbes reports from Baghdad
November 2006: Fake celebrity takes
Hollywood by storm
November
2006: David Bloviator: midterm election a triumph of centrism
October 1916:
From the Archives: The British are winning on the Somme
October 2006: Hot Off
the Trail: Four key House races
October 2006: The
Massachusetts Spy Review of Unreadable Books, Fall
Edition
October
1903: From the Archives: the South responds to
terrorism.
October
2006: Kerry Healey's campaign diary
September 2006: Look up
in the sky: another celebrity goes after Bush
September
2006: News from Zontar: Five years after
9/11, Osama rots in jail
September 2006: Beverly Hills
fears competition from the Vineyard
August 2006:
Historians put Bush in a class by himself
August 2006: Allah's
humble servant joins the blogosphere
August
2006: America under Anxiety Attack:
Profiling the terrorist mind
August
2006: News from Zontar: Strong U.S.
forces attack Hezbollah
July
2006: Duct tape blamed in Old Sludgebury bridge collapse
July
2006: From the Archives: Defending
marriage in 1936
June
2006: Senator lost in train wreck
June 2006: The
Massachusetts Spy Review of Unreadable Books,
Summer Edition
June
2006: The Hot Air Force strikes again
June 2006: America braces
for outbreak of terror alerts
June
2006: USA is just wild about Hank P.
May 2006: Yet another
season of Bush TV
May
2006: The Iraqi Army bravely fights . . . the Iraqi Army
May 2006:
Mission Incompetence II: Bush takes on bird flu
May 2006: Yale gets its own
plagiarism scandal
April
2006: Editorials from Zontar: We were
wrong about Iraq
April
2006: The Best of the Web goes to war
April 2006: The Spy's
David Bloviator celebrates three years of war
April 2006: From the
Archives: The unpatriotic press, 1864-2006
March 2006: The
Massachusetts Spy Review of Unreadable Books,
Spring Edition
March
2006: Know your abused detainees
March
2006: Sox preview: Who's on first? second? third?
March 2006: V-S Day: Summers
surrenders unconditionally
February
2006: New Oprah fake shocker
February
2006: The 236th Annual Schondeh von der Goyim
Awards
January
2006: Bush revises wartime Constitution
January 2006: Whale
sighted in capital
January
2006: The teachings of Reb Abramoff
January
2006: Spy Book Exclusive: Sam
Alito at Princeton – The Early Years
April 1952: From
the Archives: President asserts his power as
Commander-in-Chief
December
2005: It's a very Kerry Christmas (and a Healey New Year!)
December 2005: Who
will save us from the onslaught of the Caliphate?
December 2005:North Carolina
wins the coveted 1,000th execution!
December 2005: Harvard
Business School outsources its key product
November 2005: The Spy's
Holiday Appeal: Do not forget the clueless!
November 2005: Schwarzengger to face
cunning new foe
November
2005: The Massachusetts Spy Review of Unreadable Books,
Fall Edition
November 2005: David Bloviator
on the mess in Washington
October
2005: Spy reporter lied about her prevaricating
sources
December
1983: Rummy asks what's a few war crimes between friends?
October
2005: The Spy's new Funny Pages!
October 2005: Bush
stands firm against fowl play
October 2005: John
Roberts throws a fabulous victory party
September 2005:
Technology will aid future evacuations
September
2005: More news from Zontar: Senators grill Roberts
September 2005: Katrina victims
drown in Washington
September
2005: News from Zontar: U.S. prepared for hurricane
September 2005:Bush calls off
search in Iraq
August
2005: Special Advertising Section: Stay fit the
Bush way
August
2005: Where gas is still cheap
August 2005: Bush
crashes and burns, but all are rescued
August
2005: Spy Book Exclusive: John Roberts at
Harvard
July
2005: Santorum dementia caused by Penn. pollution
July 2005: Hot Air Force invades
Iraq
July
2005: Olympics to New York: Drop Dead
July 2005: Under the
Golden Dome: You want health care? Fork it over!
June 2005: City
Without Shame: Henry the Homewrecker strikes again
June 2005: Bush drops
nickel in African tin cup
June 2005: The
Massachusetts Spy Review of Unreadable Books, Summer Edition
June 2005: Larry Summers
leaves Harvard for a bigger name
May
2005: Mass. General erects a solution to funding woes
May 2005: Interviewing 101:
The Times loses a game of Rummy
May
2005: Travel News: New Wynn Hotel mictorates class
May 2005: New York victimized by more
collapsing Yankees
April
2005: New Pope warns mongrel religions not to interfere with Catholics
April
2005: The Massachusetts Spy Review of Unreadable Books,
Spring Edition
April
2005: Ask Dr. Bill: America's favorite video doctor
March 2005: Congress
protects the brain-dead
March 1983: Lebanon is free
March 2005:
America Under Anxiety Attack: Al-Qaeda vanquished by gladiator
March 2005: Spring training: wait 'til
last year
February
2005: War news from 02138: gasbag goes down in flames
February 2005: Putin seeks freedom
for the oppressed
February
2005: Social news: divorce notices
February 2005: Appeal renewed: Help
Judith Regan find a husband
January
1933: Harvard President explains why gals aren't packing the right stuff
January 1945: A wartime
inauguration celebrates the march of liberty
January 2005: Tsunami threatens
disaster for millions
December
2004: Christmas campaign: Forget the neediest!
December 2004: The Best
of the Web, Joyous Christmas Edition
December 2004: The Spy
drinks up the wisdom of ace pundit David Bloviator
November 2004: Big Dig
plans underground waterslide, plus gleanings from The Book of
Moron
November 1972: President receives mandate
November 2004: BBC
coverage of the passing of the hero of Palestine
November 2004: Election reaction
from the Almighty (and he's pretty p.o.'d)
November 2004: Red Sox win, universe
ends
October
2004: The Massachusetts Spy Review of Unreadable Books
reams a few bestsellers.
October
2004: Just like we told you, there is no curse
October 2004: Polish Army
surrenders again
October
2004: Observers fear meltdown or eruption at any moment
October 1971: Elections
will win the war
September
2004: Terrorists on the loose, courtesy of George Bush
September 2004: Rosh
Hashonah nightmare: Israel invaded . . . by slaggers
September 2004:
Miraculous flying story: man uses miles to buy ticket
September 2004: Dr. Bush's
miracle cure
August
2004: War along the Potomac
August 2004: Olympics gets more
exposure than ever
August
2004: Vegas fleabag foils terrorist plot
August 2004: Cole Porter
arrested in mercy killing plus late news from the DNC
July 2004:
The Longest Week: your guide to fun at the DNC
July
2004: Hot off the Trail: Cheney takes on Edwards and
the Times flashes pink
July 2004: John
Ashcroft and the Touchy Ones defend the indefensible
July 2004: Boston
welcomes Democrats: now get lost!
June
2004: Kerrey Healey's Diary: Kerry goes to a party
June 2004:
Cosmopolitan elder of Zion threatens the U. S. of A.
June 2004: Bush
salutes his fellow slackers on Memorial Day
June 2004: Boston held
hostage . . . by Democrats
June 2004: The
Massachusetts Spy presents a special blog edition of Best
of the Web
June 2004:Mitt
plans warm welcome for immoral terrorist coddlers attending Democratic
Nat'l Convention in Boston
May 2004: Animal
House at Abu Ghraib: Bush tells nation, "You f**ked up, you trusted us!"
May 2004: Special
Advertising Section: Your government wants you to know about
George Bush's miracle Medicare drug discount cards
May 2004: Spy
reporter accuses her former Yale Prof. of sexual harassment
May 2004: The
Massachusetts Spy Review of Unreadable Books Spring Number
May 1945: Baltic states
promised "full sovereignty" by Uncle Joe Stalin
April 2004: White House
attacks Barbara Bush following publication of her memoirs that
criticize W.
April 2004: Local news:
Residents driven mad by gas thirst
April 2004: Latest fair and
balanced Middle East coverage from the BBC
April 2004: Bizarre cult
tortures Mass. every morning
April 2004: From Sludge to
News: welcome to Campaign '04 (and bring your boots)
March 2004: Institution of
marriage ends in Massachusetts, with a reading from The Book
of Moron
March 2004: Bush, Blair
name blue-ribbon commission to bury intelligence inquiry
March 2004: Ink-Stained
Wretches: Tim Russert conducts a master class in softball
March 2004: Futility
'04: It's March again . . . need we say more? [Guess
we blew that one – Ed.]
February 2004: Cow
Flop: Listening to the USDA can rot your brain
February 2004: The
Massachusetts Spy Review of Unreadable Books Winter
Non-Reading Issue
February 2004: David
Bloviator drinks in the scenery at the New Hampshire primary
February 2004: Ink-Stained
Witches: Maureen wonders how Judy Steinberg got her man
January 2004: Victory,
at sea: Welcome to the Iraqi Roach Motel
January 2004: West
of Here: Gov. Ahnold gropes for solutions
January 2004: Ink-Stained
Wretches: Epidemic of flu stories surges across a stricken
nation
January
2004: Local News: Old Sludgebury prepares for
snowstorm; stocks up on Cheetos
December
2003: News from other galaxies: Government rushes
aid to victims of the disasters of poverty and racism
December 2003: Spy
Stylized Life page: the gourmet dog's breakfast
December 2003: Special
Advertising Section: Sunni skies in Baghdad, brought to you
by the Coalition Provisional Authority
December 2003: City
without Shame: New energy bill is full of biomass
April 1865: Senior
Confederate officials tell the Spy that the
military situation is improving every day
November 2003: Send in
the clowns: celebrities run for governor
November 2003: Kerry
Healey's Diary: Kerry has a capital (punishment) idea
November 2003: Special
Advertising Section: Canadians dropping like flies from
low-priced drugs, brought to you by the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Association
May 1966: McNamara
says we must carry on the fight against terrorism in Vietnam
October 2003: Sports news
from Old Sludgebury, with related obituaries
October 2003: The
Massachusetts Spy Review of Unreadable Books Fall Non-Reading
Issue
October 2003: City
Without Shame: Everything Must Go, plus a hands-on approach
to prostate health
September 2003:
David Bloviator asks Prince Bandar the tough questions
September 2003: What
unindicted mortal could possibly run the University of Massachusetts?
You get to choose!
September 2003: The
master of disaster: From NASA to BU
September 2003: Ink
Stained Wretches: When will the number of gas price stories
ever go down?
August 2003: NPR
host rousted in Vegas love nest
August 2003: Finally,
evidence of Iraqi WMD
August 2003: Under
the Golden Dome: Mitt skis, Mass. sinks
August 2003: Spy
Travel Section: 36 minutes in Hanover
July 2003: Catholic
Church opens casino in cathedral as Mass. State Police picks up the
Tommy Guns
July 2003: News from Old
Sludgebury: tow truck driver criminal record shocker
July 2003: Victory,
at sea: David Bloviator reports from the barrooms of victory
July 2003: More Victory,
at sea: Bush appoints celebrity to clean up Iraq, dude
June 2003: Welcome
to the William H. Weld Toolbooth [Surely,
tollbooth? – Ed.] and breaking
news from New Hampshire
June 2003: Herd
on the Street: Sandy beats the rap
June 2003: City
Without Shame Flashback: When Roy Cohn reamed the Senate
June 2003: Spy
reporter accused of filing 238 false stories over the past 25
years [No one's perfect – Ed.]
May 2003: The
spoils of victory
May 2003: Suffer the
children and other tales from The Book of Moron
May 2003: The
Massachusetts Spy Review of Unreadable Books Spring
Non-Reading Special
May 2003: 500 million
channels and there's still nothing on: Another installment of The
Best of the Web
August 1914: A
short and splendid war
April 2003: Hail to our
Glorious Allies!
April 2003: David
Bloviator, embedded with the Queen's Own Johnny Walkers
April 2003: Kerry
Healey's Diary
March 2003: Theo
Epstein rounds up the the usual suspects
March 2003: Ink-Stained
Wretches: Fun with Billy Safire and His Friends
March 2003: City
Without Shame: 20 questions for the elusive Miguel Estrada
March 2003: East
of Here: Tony Blair's Finest Hour
February 2003:
Mercurial dictator threatens world
February 2003: Stylized
Life: Help Judith Regan find a honey
February 2003: Wonderful
World of Weapons
February 2003: Spy
Travel Section: 36 minutes in New Haven, Conn.
January 2003: City
without Shame: While you were sleeping . . .
January 2003: Ink-Stained
Wretches: How to be a big Washington journalist
January 2003: The
Massachusetts Spy Review of Unreadable Books Holiday
Non-Reading Guide
January 2003: More City
Without Shame: Those Nigra-Loving Republicans
December 2002: La
guerre contre terrorisme: une nouveau target
December 2002: Spy
Election Special with David Bloviator, Maria Boroaroma and Ann Colt .45
December 2002: Spy
Travel Section: 36 minutes in Hudson, N.Y.
December 2002: America
Under Anxiety Attack: Old Sludgebury defends its airport
August 1964: Frat
boys support war in Vietnam
November 2002:
Oxymoron Dep't: Sex at Yale
November 2002:
500,000,000 million channels and there's nothing on: The Best of the Web
November 2002: America
Under Anxiety Attack: Al-Qaeda attack on Boston landmark foiled
October 2002: Bush
Iraq attack triumphs
October 2002: Social
news, divorce department
October 2002: How
Congressional testimony is made
October 2002: Stylized
Life: Meet Sybella Superior, our new Cookery Editor
September 2002: Herd
on the Street: Maria Boroaroma says we're gonna die
September 2002: Special
advertising section: Crazy Bernie's liquidation sale
September 2002: World
famous commentator David Bloviator on The Current Crisis
September 2002: A
tasteful, non-exploitative retrospective of September 11, with poster
offer
August 2002:
Terror, terror everywhere
August 2002: Henry
Paulson shocked, shocked to discover overpaid CEO's
August 2002: Sports
Section: The new Fenway
August 2002: Stylized
Life on Martha's Vineyard
July 2002: John Ashcroft leads us
to salvation
July 2002: Is George Bush
right about something?
July 2002: The
Massachusetts Spy Review of Unreadable Books Summer
Non-reading Special
July 2002: Herd
on the Street: Spitzer shocked to discover gambling going on
in this casino
June 2002: Commencement
Issue: Ten Thousand Gasbags of Harvard
June 2002: Bella
Whiner on the college admission racket
June 2002: UK news
from The Rear Guardian
June 2002: If Gore
won . . .
May 1945:
Understanding suicide bombers off Okinawa
May 2002: You can be of
service to Maureen Dowd
May 2002: Justice Thomas
pounds on porno
May 2002:Local news:
Cellucci betrays his fellow underachievers
April 2002: The
piercing moral insight of Cardinal Law
April 2002: News from
the BBC
April 2002: Local news
from Old Sludgebury
April 2002:
The Massachusetts Spy Review of Unreadable Books
March
2002: The Sox are back
March 2002:
Suzy Creamcheese interviews Jack Welch
March 2002: From the west
there arises a new Pharoah who knows not Jane
March 2002: With our
brave fighting forces not in Iraq