TO INFORM THE PUBLIC! (AND CENSOR THEM)

THE CARR FAMILY detests all that is evil, from hacks to kids on their lawn, to politicians who sneeze into your tax dollars, to the liberal establishment, to ... kids on their lawn.

BEAN COUNTER

The dig's quality-of-life index

In an effort to manage the Boston Public Library's $3.6 million deficit, Mayor Tom Menino proposes shuttering at least eight neighborhood branches, adding, the "days of the old encyclopedia are long gone."

FIVE DRINK MINIMUM

Hotel liquor is sicker

Semi-annually, the Dig investigates local nightlife by submerging our livers in alcohol and breaching the next morning to write a report.

Consensus on the Census

Every ten years, a survey is sent to each household in America to find out just how many people live here.

Answering basic questions that pigeonhole you demographically might not sound that tough, but in the past it's proven to be a sweat-inducing task for many Americans

COMINGS AND GOINGS

POOR, POOR LITTLE Johnny Diaz must have gone to sleep in 1992, then woke up in this brave new world where there aren't as many video stores, and everyone gets their movies from On Demand and Netflix.

The Age of Stupid

Films about our impending environmental catastrophe have generally taken an urgent tact, but nothing's quite as urgent as The Age of Stupid.

Merry merry, sex workers

March 3rd is International Sex Worker Rights Day, and for the first time, Boston's saluting our local escorts and prostitutes, thanks to the Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP).

Food Fight: We've Got Beef

Banjo's Roast Beef

'Round these parts, the word "roast beef" evokes late nights on Revere Beach, milling around outside Kelly's among meatheads and women as orange as you can find them this side of the Jersey Shore.

HARVEY MILK

Slow and low, that is the tempo

Few bands are as cat-like as Harvey Milk. In the marketing/sales world, the group has essentially fallen off ledges and been run over by mail trucks, but has emerged with a loyal following,