Kevin Cullen

Boston

@BostonGlobe columnist. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let’s face it.

Articles

When evil dies: Victims of disgraced priest James Talbot are indifferent to his death - The Boston Globe

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Kevin Cullen

James Talbot, who as a priest raped Scanlan and other boys when he taught at Boston College High School, then raped more boys after he was quietly shipped from Boston to Maine, was not worthy of an emotion so intense, so draining, so overwhelming, as hate; that Talbot simply is not deserving of Jim Scanlan’s deepest feelings. “There’s an old saying, and I didn’t know what it meant until now. ‘The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference,’ ” Scanlan said.
After 60 years, Lewiston’s place in boxing lore will be cast in bronze

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Kevin Cullen

At a time when boxing was the sport of kings and championship fights of this caliber were global events, Ali knocked out Liston less than two minutes into what is perhaps the most unusual championship boxing match in history. “I saw the punch,” Platz said. “I saw him swing.”Others didn’t, and still others wondered if Liston, a heavy favorite, threw the fight, for whatever reason. But that was for the pundits to argue over.
Federal authorities put this old wiseguy away. He’s accused of plotting to kill them. - The Boston Globe

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Kevin Cullen

According to an affidavit filed in US District Court, Ralph plotted to kill three federal officials who were involved in his 2012 conviction for racketeering. One of the most telling nuggets in the affidavit recalls that the informant who tipped the feds off to Ralph’s alleged murder plot claimed he was unable to open on his computer documents with the home addresses and names of the targets’ family members. This isn’t Goodfellas. It’s Oldfellas.
Matt Brown, paralyzed in a high school hockey game 15 years ago, is finding his groove - The Boston Globe

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Kevin Cullen

The question, from a third-grader in Sharon, floored Matt Brown. It came after the usual questions when he, as he often does, speaks to school kids: What’s your favorite color? What’s your favorite food? What’s your favorite movie? But the third-grader in Sharon asked a more existential question: If you could do it all over, would you hit a button so that you were never paralyzed? The answer surprised even Brown himself.
Hiker's commandment: Pack light

2 weeks ago | commercial-news.com | Kevin Cullen

The Number One commandment among backpackers is this: Go light. That means shaving every possible ounce from the load on your back. It’s an addiction for some, who shorten toothbrush handles, buy thinner socks and trim the margins from maps. Many pay outrageous sums for high-tech, ultralight cook sets, backpacks, tents, clothing and sleeping bags.
Maybe a US-born pope is just what the Catholic Church needed to reclaim its moral standing after the sexual abuse crisis - The Boston Globe

4 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Kevin Cullen

Maybe because he’s originally from Chicago, like the new pope, Father James Weiss had an insight that few others did. About five hours before Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected pope, I asked Weiss, an associate professor of theology and church history at Boston College, if there was any chance of an American being elected pope. “Yes,” he said: “Robert Prevost.”He thought the chances were pretty remote, but had no doubt that if someone from the US was elected, it would be Prevost.
Danny Ryan was the pope of Savin Hill - The Boston Globe

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Kevin Cullen

If he knew you and liked you, he called you Budzo. And Danny Ryan knew everybody and liked everybody. Everybody was Budzo. Even he was Budzo. If cities are defined by neighborhoods, and neighborhoods are defined by people, then Danny Ryan defined Dorchester, especially the Savin Hill section of Dorchester. A week after they buried the pope of Rome, Danny Ryan, the pope of Savin Hill, died after a brief illness in, of all places, Florida. He was 81.
A trip down memory lane

1 month ago | commercial-news.com | Kevin Cullen

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It’s been a good week for the Constitution

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Kevin Cullen

Share “The President cannot summarily declare that a foreign nation or government has threatened or perpetrated an invasion or predatory incursion of the United States, followed by the identification of the alien enemies subject to detention or removal,” Rodriguez wrote.
It’s been a good week for the Constitution

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Kevin Cullen

After a few bruising months, it’s been a good week for the Constitution. Two very different judges, in two very different jurisdictions, cited the Constitution in checking the power of a president who is determined to push the boundaries of executive authority.