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The most depressing part of yesterday’s Uber/Lyft hearing…

September 16, 2015 By David

is what didn't happen.  This, from Commonwealth Magazine: there were no other proposals to lift taxi and livery regulations that control price, cap the number of cabs, and, in places such as Boston, mandate taxi companies use a radio … [Read more...]

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You should watch Donald Trump on the Tonight Show

September 12, 2015 By David

Donald Trump was Jimmy Fallon's guest on the Tonight Show last night.  You should watch it, not because you will learn anything substantive (you won't), or because after watching you will feel better about the fact that Trump has been … [Read more...]

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Donald Trump isn’t just leading the Republican race – he’s defining it

September 10, 2015 By David

Another poll out today shows Donald Trump not just up, but way up, in the Republican primary race.  If you're keeping score at home, CNN's new poll has Donald Trump at 32%, Ben Carson at 19%, and everyone else under 10% (Jeb! leads that … [Read more...]

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A peculiarly American fascism

September 1, 2015 By David

What is it, exactly, that Donald Trump is selling?  In substantial part, it's himself - as my co-editor Bob puts it, Trump is trying to "feed his bloated idiot-sized ego."  Trump loves to talk about how rich he is, how much he personally … [Read more...]

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GOP 2016: Trump-Carson. You heard it here first.

August 27, 2015 By David

I'm calling it right now.  The 2016 Republican nominee for president will be Donald Trump.  And Ben Carson will be Trump's running mate. You don't think it's going to be Trump?  Who else is it going to be?  Jeb Bush, the supposed choice … [Read more...]

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Why on earth would Elizabeth Warren want to be Joe Biden’s VP?

August 26, 2015 By David

There's been a great deal of breathless speculation following the meeting between Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren, much of it centered on the (entirely hypothetical so far) possibility of Biden's jumping into the race for president and … [Read more...]

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Taxis suffer huge loss in ridership; propose the wrong remedy

August 19, 2015 By David

Globe: Boston taxis drove 1.5 million fewer passengers and took $33 million less in fares in the first half of 2015 compared to the year before, new city data show. Ridership dropped 22 percent from the January-to-June total last year … [Read more...]

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Donald Trump, moderate Republican…?

August 12, 2015 By David

Is Donald Trump a blowhard?  You bet.  A demagogue?  Maybe.  A plausible President of the United States?  Gosh, I sure don't think so. And yet, it must be noted that his positions on some important issues are actually to the left of the … [Read more...]

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Reminder: the state Constitution doesn’t actually forbid a graduated income tax!

August 9, 2015 By David

As the proponents of a ballot question to increase the state income tax rate on earners of over a million dollars a year move forward, we can expect to see a good deal of pushback along the lines of "the people who wrote Amendment Article … [Read more...]

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The fascinating puzzle of Donald Trump

August 7, 2015 By David

I touched on this a bit in my last post, but I want to spend some more time on it.  What the hell is going on with Donald Trump?  The fact is, nobody really knows (and I'd include Trump himself in that).  Look at the reaction from … [Read more...]

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