If Massachusetts is serious about helping working families and building a stronger economy, we must invest in quality public schools, affordable higher education, and a transportation system that works. Unions are at it again. No, not the … [Read more...]
Black Lives Matter Was Right
I was kind of ticked off when I saw Black Lives Matter protests commandeering Bernie Sanders's microphone. Why were these folks attacking the candidate who came closest to their concerns? They were obnoxious.And they were right. The success … [Read more...]
Massachusetts Raises Money for Abortion Foes?
Call the Satanists or the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. They may want their own license plate too. Maybe NORML would like a license plate with a marijuana leaf. I don't even like to think of what NAMBLA might want. But fair's … [Read more...]
The Clinton Campaign Illustrates the Media’s Crisis
There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation. --Walter Lippman Mainstream journalism is in crisis. The old … [Read more...]
GAME OVER: USOC Drops Boston for 2024
Somewhere in the bowels of the Boston Globe, Shirley Leung is crying in her pom-poms. The State House News Service reports: STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JULY 27, 2015.....The US Olympic Committee and Boston 2024 are dropping Boston as the … [Read more...]
To Serve and Protect Everyone Massachusetts Needs a Law for the Use of Lethal Force
A tale of two communities. One a mid-sized Massachusetts city, the other a small suburb of 14,000. An officer from the city is laid off and finds work in the suburb. Responding to a call in the suburb one evening, the officer finds … [Read more...]
We Lead Again: RGGI Is a Big Success
Electricity may still be expensive in Massachusetts, but the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative has had a positive effect on the environment and electricity, according to a report by Analysis Group. A regional cap-and-trade program has … [Read more...]
BBJ’s Bombshells, or What’s the Matter With Marty Walsh?
"what we know today is that Walsh has been far more invested in the city's stretch for the Games than he initially let on, whether or not his team ever reviewed Olympics Bid 1.0 in its entirety." --BBJ As a Western Massachusetts resident, … [Read more...]
Dear USOC: It’s Not Just Us. Interest in Olympic Hosting Is Low
What's the matter with Boston? It's not head over heels in love with the idea of hosting the Olympics. Shirley Leung thought we just needed to get past our inner curmudgeons and finally admit we really wanted to play the host. Globe blogger … [Read more...]
Experts Need Not Apply: Economists Excluded From Olympic Study Committee
Perhaps you can't fool all the people all the time, but many politicians certainly seemed to be trying. --Andrew Zimbalist As chair of our school building committee, I'm in the midst of developing school building project. It's a long, … [Read more...]
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