I support Senator Kennedy's proposal. I would like to see Carolyn Kennedy be the interim Senator. I'd like to see Governor Patrick duke it out with the other contenders in a special election. I'd like to see Tim Murray take over as … [Read more...]

Most importantly, the 911 caller makes NO REFERENCE to "two black men." Instead, she clearly avoids making any sort of racial identification, even after prompting by the 911 dispatcher. Her attorney says that she never mentioned "two black … [Read more...]

What if the Commonwealth were to offer "Lottery Bonds" to fund the current cash crisis. By "Lottery Bonds", I mean a series of bonds that have the interesting property that they offer variable interest rates, comparable to the winners of a … [Read more...]

I have voted for a Democratic candidate in every statewide election since 1974, with the exceptions of 1978 and 1990, when I wrote in "Mickey Mouse" as my gubernatorial choice in preference to Ed King (in 1978) and John Silber (in 1990). I … [Read more...]

Conspicuously absent from Rachel Maddow's otherwise hard-hitting report is the fact that these groups have deep and intimate affiliations with extremist Catholic organizations. While I do not excuse similarly extremist Protestant … [Read more...]

This incident is outrageous. The attitudes it betrays are outrageous: "He faces the potential for criminal charges and probably will be fired". Potential? Probably? He should have been perp-walked away from the scene in handcuffs. Why was … [Read more...]

Here's how I think it should work: 1. People who want to form a civil union do so in their neighborhood city hall or using a JP, like they do now. I think civil servants acting in their official capacities are the only agents who should … [Read more...]

From Jeff Jacoby's column in today's (online) Boston Globe: Newspapers are in extremis not because of their political agenda, but because the world around them has been transformed. The growth of the Internet has left the traditional … [Read more...]

What sort of "fallout" do we think the administration fears? While the US Government winds itself in ever-tightening circles about the documented, administration-ordered torture of US "detainees", why do we suppose this tape might be … [Read more...]

The conductor collecting his ticket caught the mistake and put him on an Orange line train back to North Station, where he was able to catch the next train two hours later. So the story ended happily. Nevertheless, my son's experience is … [Read more...]