David Brooks gets to the heart of what makes the Palin selection so wrong:Sarah Palin has many virtues. If you wanted someone to destroy a corrupt establishment, she'd be your woman. But the constructive act of governance is another matter. … [Read more...]
The time is now for a gas tax increase
Oil fell to $93-a-barrel. Gas prices are likely to fall as well. The time is ripe to raise Massachusetts' gas tax from its present $.21 to $.31 and then another dime every two years for the next ten years. We have seen that we can survive … [Read more...]
Palin and taxes
As noted in today's Globe article on Palin's economic record:The oil companies pay a royalty [to the state of Alaska] of 12.5 percent on oil as it is extracted, plus property and corporate income taxes, but the biggest bite is a tax on net … [Read more...]
Job requirement: curiosity
Over the last eight years, we've seen what a lack of curiosity and independent thought can do to the country. And, bringing the focus back to McCain, we are seeing the promise of what an utter lack of curiosity and interest in domestic … [Read more...]
Calling a mistake a mistake
Here's how it might have read:Democrats yesterday highlighted a mistake she made over the weekend when she said that mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had "gotten too big and too expensive to the taxpayers." Both have operated as … [Read more...]
What would you ask?
Now that Sarah Palin is set to give an interview, what would you have Charlie Gibson ask her? Me, I'd ask: "Had the Alaskan delegation delivered the bridge-to-nowhere earmark, would you have cancelled the project?" … [Read more...]
Another reason why the Palin pick is cynical
All three of the senator candidates have had plenty of opportunity to accrue the relevant policy background -- through some combination of actual experience and study. When they are questioned about the Iraq War, health care, energy policy, … [Read more...]
Vetting, what vetting?
East-coast elitist credential-sniffer that I am, it occurred to me that I wasn't aware of Sarah Palin's college affilitation, but I was too lazy busy to do a Google and find out. Turns out, I hadn't missed anything. Nobody mentioned it. … [Read more...]
This cannot be what McCain imagined when he dreamed of this day
On Thursday night, when McCain was finalizing his choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate, do you think he expected that, just a few days later, one of the first people he would meet in Minneapolis would be an Alaskan hockey stud whose … [Read more...]
Great irony pickup by Michael Beschloss
On Jim Lehrer, Michael Beschloss just noted the great irony of Joe Lieberman's speech lauding John McCain's supposed penchant for reaching across the aisle to solve the nation's problems: most of it was probably written as his speech … [Read more...]
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