Lindsay Tucker comes to Boston by way of Emerson College, where she earned her Master's degree in publishing and writing and was the editor at the renowned public radio station 88.9 WERS. A music and culture junkie, she's also a regular contributor to Premier Guitar Magazine, and helped launch the daily discount site Scoutmob in Boston.

Welcome to the War on Intelligence
Posted on 4/11/2012 at 9:11AM | No Comments

The GOP shows off its ignorance with more attacks on Harvard.

Who went to Harvard? This guy! (Photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.) Yesterday, a Harvard Crimson editorial attacked most likely presidential candidate Mitt Romney for yet again undermining his own education in attempt to discredit President Obama by blaming his so-called ineptitude to his having “spent too much time at ... READ MORE
Is a Harvard Degree the Biggest Liability in Politics?
Posted on 3/28/2012 at 9:35AM | No Comments

Elizabeth Brown and Barack Obama are marked with crimson letters that make for easy swipes.

(Illustration by Michael Cho.) At some point in a politician’s career, a Harvard education stops being a point of pride and starts becoming a problem. In August, former Governor Mitt Romney derided President Obama’s foreign policy as being from the “Harvard faculty lounge.” Two months later, Senator Scott Brown laid into ... READ MORE
The Empire State Strikes Back
New York just allowed gay marriage: it's a great stride for equality — and a blow to our tourism.