IT MAY HAVE BEEN the most memorable day of my life. When I relate the story to others, they always ask, “How did you feel?” Some 67 years later, I […]
Michael J. Widmer
Posted inOpinion
Telecommuting tax credit misses mark
THE MARK OF GOOD PUBLIC POLICY, often honored in the breach, is to identify the most direct means to address a particular problem. In the case of the state’s massive […]
Posted inOpinion
A Kafkaesque health care assessment
EVEN FRANZ KAFKA would be taken aback by the state’s convoluted and self-defeating health care assessment on human service providers. Imagine the following: A non-profit organization provides critical services to […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
Baker shortsighted on VMT
THERE ARE MOMENTS IN GOVERNMENT when a small, often little-noticed, decision has large long-term consequences. Unfortunately, Gov. Charlie Baker made such a decision last week when he vetoed a provision […]