(More thoughts on the "Rule 28 Coalition" idea following last month's post on the subject by State Rep. Dan Winslow.) The Boston Globe editorial board thinks that there is too little debate in our state's House of Representatives because … [Read more...]

David Brooks’ column today resurrected the dated term “Rockefeller Republicans" to describe moderate Republicans of roughly 40 years ago, often from Northeastern states, who thought that Keynesian economics and environmental stewardship, … [Read more...]

Prompted by this week’s Washington Post story uncovering how federal funds were earmarked for projects in which the earmarking member of Congress had a personal financial interest, Scott Brown has issued a press release on the subject of … [Read more...]

Frank Rich has a new article about Mitt Romney in the January 29th issue of New York Magazine. It's entitled, "Who in God's Name is Mitt Romney?" The theme of the article, that Romney is missing a "human core," is reinforced in the … [Read more...]

New Mass. GOP Chairman Robert Maginn has plans to increase his party’s share of members in the Massachusetts House to the point where they could sustain a veto without any help from Democrats. It’s called “Project 54," a reference to … [Read more...]

Some literary themes really are timeless. "The Rich Boy", 1926: "Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, … [Read more...]

Scott Brown complained to the Boston Herald this week that the media is not nearly as tough on Elizabeth Warren as it is on him. “Every single day of my existence,” he moaned, “I get tough questions from you guys.” Tough questions? And … [Read more...]

Question: is it ever a good idea, if you're a politican, to say that there are occasions when you have not voted the way you wanted to vote? To be more specific, if Scott Brown could take back this comment to the Globe ($) (made late in … [Read more...]

Closing the loop on an earlier post, the Attorney General's office has ruled that a referendum to repeal the new casino law cannot go on the ballot because that law is an appropriations measure and any law that "appropriates money for ... … [Read more...]

Yesterday's Globe reports that casino opponents are considering a referendum to put the question of repealing the law before the voters. Among the difficulties they'll be facing is the fact that under the State Constitution, bills that … [Read more...]