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    A Jets fan took Videotapegate way too personally and is suing the New England Patriots and Bill Belichick for taping the Jets' signals. When this item appeared on Sports by Brooks, it looked like a clever gag. But someone is actually suing the Pats, and they want $148 million for himself and the disillusioned Jets ticket holders. Carl Mayer of Princeton Township, New Jersey, has some high-minded notions about the sports complex. Mayer's attorney said,... more ›

    For all his bluster, Bostonist likes Ralph Nader. Sure, his last presidential bid was weird and defiant in an out-of-touch-with-reality way (as opposed to the previous one, which was more defiant in a mad-as-hell-and-not-going-to-take-it-anymore way), and he rivals Dick Cheney in the no-charisma department, but he is the moral voice of our nation's political discourse, and that's a worthy role. (Also, "Unsafe at Any Speed" was a great rarity among expose consumer protection books: it was (a) good, (b) interesting, and (c) had a title that sounds like a Russ Meyer movie.) But we have to take issue with his editorial in today's Globe, in which he suggests (along with Kevin "Who?" Zeese) that the impeachment of George W. Bush should be seriously discussed. more ›

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