The Boston Globe reporters Michael Kranish and Scott Helman have provided a genuine service with the publication of The Real Romney. After reading through the book I have only one […]
<i>The Real Romney</i>
Posted inEconomy, Opinion, Transportation
MBTA deficit solutions too narrow in scope
Discussion about the MBTA’s proposal to implement fare hikes and service cuts to meet a $160 million dollar budget shortfall has, until Boston Mayor Tom Menino’s recent letter to Secretary […]
Posted inEducation, Politics, The Download
Boston busing crisis
It was nudged to the corner of yesterday’s Globe Metro front by the all-important history of a decade of worth of wagers between Tom Menino and various mayors over whose […]
Posted inEconomy
Group sets principles on $24b in tax breaks
A state commission today unanimously agreed on a set of basic principles that will guide its members as they evaluate and scale back the $24 billion in tax breaks the […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics, The Download
Millennium to plug hole
The ugly hole in the ground at Downtown Crossing is finally going to be filled, according to stories in the Boston newspapers. Millennium Partners will take control of the former […]
Posted inEconomy, Opinion
Mass. consumer confidence rebounds from 2011 lows
Consumer confidence in Massachusetts is on the rise, an indication that the state’s residents are starting to feel the benefits of the economic recovery and that incumbent politicians may have […]
Posted inThe Back Story, Uncategorized
Murray’s poll numbers
Lt. Gov. Tim Murray may not be political road kill after all, according to a new CommonWealth poll conducted by the MassINC Polling Group. Ever since his crash along Interstate […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
Romney’s mythical Latino support
The national mainstream media likes its narratives neat and tidy. How else to explain Mitt Romney racking up big numbers among Latinos in Florida? The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza falls […]
Posted inThe Download, Uncategorized
Who will like Facebook’s IPO?
How much are our jokes, our stories, our likes and dislikes, our pictures, our family and friends worth? To you, priceless, but on the open market, perhaps as much as […]
Posted inPolitics
Dueling viewpoints on the Greenway
Secretary Davey’s letter to the Rose Fitzgerald Greenway Conservancy: Nancy Brennan, Executive DirectorRose Fitzgerald Greenway Conservancy 185 Kneeland Street, 7th Fl. Boston, MA 02111 Dear Nancy:Thank you for sending the […]
Posted inEconomy, Health Care, Opinion
Workers comp reform offers wellness lessons
Obesity, and the chronic disease conditions that it causes and exacerbates, is the leading cause of the growth of healthcare spending in America. These growing costs hurt our businesses and […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service, The Download
Arthur Winn, Florida, and campaign finance
This afternoon, prominent housing developer Arthur Winn will appear in federal court in Boston and be sentenced for funneling $4,500 in illegal campaign contributions to a pair of Massachusetts congressmen. […]
Posted inEducation
Turnaround challenge
High School of Commerce from Amherst Wire on Vimeo. Singing. Laughing. Dancing on a balcony that nobody can ever remember being used in the auditorium. It’s August 30, the first […]
Posted inEconomy, Environment, Transportation
Murray says MBTA needs more revenue
Senate President Therese Murray said the MBTA needs additional revenue to address its projected $161 million budget shortfall, but she indicated she did not favor an increase in the state’s […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
Remembering Kevin White
The death of former Boston Mayor Kevin White comes as no surprise to those who knew that he was in failing health for many years. Yet the news still comes […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
Mayor Deluxe
He was, as Brian Mooney led the paper-of-record’s obit-of-record, “a colossal political figure who helped transform Boston into a world-class city during 16 often turbulent years as mayor.” But beyond […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
The Boston Occupier goes old school
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story misidentified the original name of The Boston Occupier. It began under the name The Occupy Boston Globe. Media watchers who proclaim that print […]
Posted inEducation, State House News Service
UMass Lowell student avoids deportation
Denis Lemos, an undocumented student from Framingham who was featured in a CommonWealth story on immigration last fall, is being allowed to stay in the United States. The US Department […]
Posted inThe Back Story, Uncategorized
The Mashpee mad dash
A section of the state’s new casino gambling law that was intended to give a head start to the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe may now be working against the tribe. The […]
Posted inHealth Care, Opinion
Sugar is a shot in the arm
At our women’s health clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital, we run groups for women with diabetes that is out of control. It’s a new style we developed — not just […]
Posted inEnvironment, Politics, The Download
Drill, baby, drill
President Obama made it official this week: The United States is awash in natural gas. “We have a supply of natural gas that can last America nearly 100 years,” Obama […]
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Political goals, touchdowns, and dunks
This week hundreds of reporters from around the country will try to get Tom Brady, Eli Manning, or any number of their teammates to say something beyond the canned observations […]
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No more Mr. Nice President
Nothing sobers up a president faster than the real prospect of losing a re-election battle. For the past three years, President Obama’s critics on the left have chided him for […]
Posted inPolitics
Coakley closes DiPaola probe
Despite evidence of a “pay-to-play culture” in the Middlesex County Sheriff’s office under the late James DiPaola, Attorney General Martha Coakley today announced the conclusion of an investigation into public […]