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Did Bostonist ever say a disparaging word about the Boston Herald? We take it all back, because the Herald has pulled out the literary stops today. With court papers released yesterday outlining some of the discoveries made in a police search of Entwistle's hard drive, you might think the Herald would want to emphasize that the new documents confirm its own earlier reports that Entwistle researched suicide on the internet. Instead, readers learn that Entwistle...

Once again, the Somerville Arts Council is justifying the thousands of holiday light sets purchased on clearance last year by all the "Griswalds" of the world by hosting their annual Illuminations Holiday Tour. The tour goes round trip from Somerville city hall, lasts 45 minutes, and "celebrates the folk-artistry of the many city residents who transform their houses and yards with lights, illuminated ornaments, and shrines of devotion and fantasy during the darkest time...

Bostonist knows better to think that most of our dear readers are likely to take a jaunt to Nicaragua's capital anytime soon: Unlike, say, Montreal or the Cape, it's neither close nor pretty, and in terms of tourism, it has precious little to commend it, since most of the historical buildings and the civic center were completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1972. (Did we mention it is an absolutely terrible place to go with a toddler? We learned this the hard way.) Certainly, those interested in other cultures or Latin American politics (as we are) will find the Nicaraguan people welcoming and well-informed, making Managua a great place to go for Spanish speakers wishing to comprehend the depth of Central American countries' unhappy experiences with United States foreign policy. But it's no resort (Bostonist actually went because Mrs. Bostonist was doing research there for her Ph.D.). So rather than recommend sights to see or regale you with tales of our recent trip there, we offer you the following insight about Boston, which we came to understand by spending a week in Managua:

Two political parties, both alike in dignity,
in fair Boston, where we lay our scene,
from ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.