Results tagged “monicalewinsky”

Much as Bostonist loves running at the mouth, we realize that there are some matters, especially those concerning national politics, that are simply beyond the scope of our little endeavor. So when the President announces he has a new man for the Supreme Court job, Bostonist just says, "What's his man got to do with me?" And when when folks in the administration are exposed for the crooks we always suspected they were, we remember that discretion is the better part of valor (or brevity is the soul of wit, or something) and let it pass without comment. But there is one matter of national importance about which we can no longer remain silent - a scourge so pervasive, so seemingly innocent yet destructive of our sanity, that conscience requires us to speak out against it: The resurgent use of "-gate" as a suffix to mean "scandal," as in "Plamegate." more ›