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Arts Commentary: From the Editor’s Desk — By Popular Demand, 2024

April 23, 2025
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Back in February of 2024 I began to write a weekly column for the newsletter on Substack. A few readers have asked that I post these opinion pieces in the magazine.  Here is a selection of my favorites.

Commentary/Interview: Boston Globe Union Negotiations — Two Years On, More Anger and Resistance

January 14, 2021
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Those who value serious journalism (as well as the rights of journalists) should be quite worried about just how lethally Boston Globe management is attempting to undercut the newspaper’s union.

Commentary/Interview: Boston Globe Union Negotiations — Anger and Resistance

November 8, 2019
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Those who value serious journalism (as well as the rights of journalists) should be quite worried about just how lethally Boston Globe management is attempting to undercut the newspaper’s union.

Commentary: Once More, Back to the Little Shop of Horovitz

April 10, 2018
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The strategic silences in the Boston Globe’s piece on the legacy of Israel Horovitz are disturbing.

Theater Commentary: Horovitz and Sexual Harassment — Why Did it Take Over 20 Years?

December 12, 2017
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Does anyone really believe that there is no sexual harassment going on in Boston area theater companies today?

Theater Commentary: Twenty Years Ago — Stonewalling Charges of Sexual Harassment

December 12, 2017
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These articles dramatize, sadly, who was listened to and who wasn’t when sexual allegations were made against playwright Israel Horovitz in the early ’90s.

Visual Arts Commentary: Expanding Abstraction — What’s So Narrow About That?

July 13, 2017
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Expanding Abstraction is a success because it does what it set out to do: to highlight the visions of New England’s female abstract painters.

Theater Commentary: Resist Trump? Boston’s Stages Opt Out

April 5, 2017
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Resistance, at least in Boston theater, is futile.

Film Commentary: In Defense of Woody Allen

July 18, 2016
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A response to Ty Burr’s column called “Here’s why Woody Allen is overrated”in yesterday’s Boston Globe.

Fuse Commentary: “The Boston Globe” Cleans House

June 16, 2016
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Arts and entertainment are one and the same, both trivial– or at least way down the pecking order when it comes to things that are genuinely important.

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