John Gonzalez

Forget Morning Edition—Dorchester’s best-loved rapper is reinventing the way we get news. He gives John Gonzalez a taste of his skills.

The Gonz Show: Akrobatik

Hot dog maven Eddie Andelman points the way to six of his favorite wiener joints.

Man Bites Dogs

Buoyed by a win in court, the botany prof gives John Gonzalez the straight dope on his plans to grow marijuana in a UMass lab.

The Gonz Show: Dr. Lyle Craker

Today, for the first time in nearly seven years, Natalie Jacobson will have a co-anchor for Channel 5’s 6 p.m. newscast. But how long will the arrangement last?

Ousted from Channel 7, he took his act to the Web. At the end of a wacky winter, John Gonzalez talks to the do-it-yourself weatherman.

The Gonz Show: Todd Gross

More marginalized than ever, Massachusetts conservatives could really use someone to rally their cause. For now, they’ll have to settle for fringe activists like Brian Camenker and a pair of rival talk-show hosts who, for all their bombast, don&rsqu

Looking for Mr. Right

The beer’s the thing at Kenmore’s Lower Depths.

House of Brews

As an MIT-bred blackjack stud, he took casinos for millions in the ’90s. John Gonzalez learns about his new game: teaching average stiffs.

The Gonz Show: David Irvine

Handicapping Deval Patrick’s governorship using the only standard available—his favorite campaign catch phrases.

The Latest Line

John Gonzalez chats up the fresh-faced TV star about his childhood among Irish toughs and (even tougher?) dance coaches.

The Gonz Show: Jonathan Tucker

Ron Borges has amassed more enemies than any other journalist in town. Yet as much as it would pain them to admit it, Boston’s sports fans couldn’t live without him.

Mr. Popularity

Power broker Gloria Larson on dumping the GOP—and why the switch has been good for her social life.

A Grand Old Defection

This is supposed to be the year the Democrats reclaim the governor’s office. But the bungling going on behind the scenes makes it clear they haven’t learned from past mistakes—and the people “helping” them aren’t exactl

A Confederacy of Donkeys

Critics of the Inside Track have long accused the Herald’s gossip column of being malicious and pandering. Nowadays, those are some of the nicest things you can say about it.

Gals Gone Wild

By John Gonzalez

A gruesome attack on the unsuspecting patrons of a New Bedford gay bar led to a nationwide manhunt and, ultimately, three deaths. But it is in retracing the killer’s steps that it becomes clear how senseless the violence was—and how terrifying

Darkness Falls