A country club in Phoenix recently expelled one of its members, Rusty Brown, for “multiple violations of club etiquette.” His crime? He told the Times that his club should allow women to venture into – and, perchance, dine in – the establishment’s men-only grill room.
That statement, apparently, ran afoul of a club policy prohibiting members [...]
Entries from July 31st, 2008
Decorum: Defended
July 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Media
Tags:Demagoguery·Golf
Wisdom from the Cabbie
July 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The Bangladeshi cabbie who took me home from last night’s frustrating Sox game had some interesting thoughts on Manny Ramirez. He peppered me with questions about the game – how he’d looked at the plate, whether the crowd was on his back – and then solved this whole sit-down strike thing for everybody.
Manny, he said, [...]
The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
July 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
(Cross-posted, one big weekend late, from Boston Daily)
Let’s assume for a minute that Michael Flaherty is going to run for mayor next year. That’s still no sure thing, but given his vociferous opposition to all things Tommy and his recent show of financial strength, observers inside City Hall believe it’s at least a strong possibility. [...]
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What’s Going on Here?
July 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Beer
Absolutely nothing. You can see that, can’t you?
Hearts have been shattered, no doubt, by the dearth of moderately interesting verbiage that normally fills these inter-pages. Weep no longer. The Hill and the Hall is back from vacation, because I’m back from vacation (and very nearly almost tan, to boot).
So, although we’re almost done with July [...]
Tags:Beer·Housekeeping
The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
July 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
(Cross-posted from Boston Daily)
The legislature rushed towards the end of its session this week, racing to take action on a number of bills that had fallen prey to the body’s famously inattentive attention span. There was action on nursing, gay nuptials, health care and same-day voter registration. The Hill also witnessed shameful scandal and naked [...]
Tags:Boston City Council·Boston Magazine·Deval Patrick·Legislature·Pervs·Tim Cahill·Tim Murray
The Hill and the Hall Half-Year in Review
July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
(Cross-posted from Boston Daily)
There’s still a couple weeks left in the current legislative session, but since we’ve just passed the year’s halfway point – and since some of us are going to the beach a few days early – now seems as good a time as any to tally up the winners and losers from [...]
Tags:Boston Magazine·Deval Patrick·Legislature·Mayor Menino·Pervs·Sal DiMasi·Therese Murray
