Best of Boston
Best Columnist
Scott Lehigh
A breath of fresh air on the otherwise predictable Globe op-ed page, who actually goes out and covers political events—something too few other columnists bother [...] read more»
2001 Best Columnist, Political
Howie Carr
The Herald's Howie Carr, for covering the establishment, instead of coveting a place in it. read more»
2001 Best Columnist, Gossip
Steve Bailey
For devoting his May 2 column to documents alleging that Boston Harbor Hotel general manager Paul Jacques was "the other man" in a divorce suit [...] read more»
2001 Best Columnist, Business
Steve Bailey
The Globe's Steve Bailey, who knows more about corporate Boston than the CEOs who rush to read his column every morning. read more»
1999 Best Columnist, Half
Adrian Walker, <em>Boston Globe</em>
In June, the Metro columnist was briefly cut back from writing two columns a week to one, owing to a number of errors in his [...] read more»
1999 Best Columnist, Guest
Tom Menino, <em>Boston Herald</em>
Filling in for Joe Sciacca one morning last month, the Mayor (or whoever ghostwrote the column for him) gave as good as he has gotten [...] read more»
1999 Best Columnist, Sports
Michael Holley, <em>Boston Globe</em>
He's everything sports punditry has never been in this town. In pages dominated by aging Irishmen, yes, he's young and black. More to the point, [...] read more»
1999 Best Columnist, Business
Steve Bailey, <em>Boston Globe</em>
Picking up where his predecessor, the estimable Joan Vennochi, left off, Bailey hasn't missed a beat covering the business-politics beat. On the contrary, whether he's [...] read more»
1999 Best Columnist, Political
Joe Sciacca, <em>Boston Herald</em>
Finally, a biting wit in town that's not Howie Carr. read more»
1997 Best Columnist
Peter Gelzinis, <em>Boston Herald</em>
First during the battle over building a stadium in his native South Boston, then during the handwringing over a rash of teen suicides in the [...] read more»