GOLD: As you may have heard, former governor Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary last night, propelling his campaign for the Republic presidential nomination to nigh-inevitability. Romney used his victory rally speech to lash out not … [Read more...]

FIRING LINE: Mitt Romney kind of, maybe, stepped in it a little yesterday when he said he liked having the ability and freedom to fire people that don't provide expected services. The out-of-context sound bite didn't help the candidate … [Read more...]

GRANITE GRUDGE: Every four years, for about a week, when the sky fades to gray and no one is happy, Massachusetts ceases to be the most important part of New England. But it will all be over soon once the Great Untaxed of our northern … [Read more...]

MASSterCLIPS: What's better than  watching a week of local political talk shows? A week's worth of pols sounding off in just over four minutes. So latch your infantile attention span onto this week's MASSterCLIPS to see Scott Brown focus in … [Read more...]

HIS-TOR-Y: If it was still before Christmas and not half a week after, I would call Scott Brown the Rudolph of the U.S. Senate, where the other Senators apparently don't let him join in any of their reindeer games. But it is after … [Read more...]

NEW BIFFLES: "Hawkeyed" Attorney General Martha Coakley's gaming industry oversight is the top story in today's Herald. Wait, what? Does the Herald know this is the same Martha Coakley that ran for Senate? I guess they've decided they like … [Read more...]

Foxboro prepares for Kraft casino decision - Rogue T sign gains sentience, decks halls - Transparency on Beacon Hill Read the rest of the MASSterList, including the Mitt Monitor, today’s legislative headlines, transportation news, new … [Read more...]

TODAY IN CORRUPTION: Get used to that face, because you may be seeing a lot more of U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz next year as the Probation Dept. patronage scandal continues to unravel. (Republican) DAN WINSLOW: Not a fan of a proposed … [Read more...]

LOOKING A DEAD HORSE IN THE MOUTH: Auditor Suzanne Bump jumps on the probation pig pile with a report that the department approved nearly $50 million in legal counsel fees without checking to see if the defendants were poor enough to … [Read more...]

CASINOS: The town of Foxborough is going to get their say whether or not they want a billion dollar "bucolic" casino built across from their already enormous football stadium. I wonder if situations like this are why most of what we think … [Read more...]