In the wake of Sal DiMasi’s departure from Beacon Hill, CommonWealth magazine associate editor Alison Lobron weighs in on the Bay State’s one-party political culture in today’s Boston Globe:

After Massachusetts waved goodbye to its third consecutive ethically challenged speaker of the House last week, the spotlight is now on his successor. Will Robert DeLeo be next in line? Is there something in the water at the State House – say, a parasite that infects speakers with a bad mix of myopia and arrogance?

Read the rest here. And read Lobron’s story “Ending the One-Party State” in the current issue of CommonWealth.