This Michael Graham column in today’s Boston Herald lays out the state of affairs in our capital city so perfectly that there is really nothing to add. The Pioneer Institute’s Liam Day agrees.

UPDATE: Hub Blog also applauds Graham’s column but calls out the entire state for its “parochialism.”

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