FRIDAY’S ATTACK ON PARIS felt like an attack that happened in our backyard despite it having taken place an ocean away. The reason for that is the attackers didn’t target […]
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Social Security recipients deserve more
What follows is a slightly edited version of a message Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent out on Thursday to supporters via email. Three weeks ago, the Social Security Administration made a […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
Was the Trump wave a polling mirage?
DONALD TRUMP’S poll numbers are slipping in Iowa, and a new national poll is the first in a while to show him trailing. But a closer look at the polling […]
Posted inEconomy
The politics of patents
THE WAY BOSTON UNIVERSITY President Bob Brown sees it, the Massachusetts economy is fueled by a pipeline of innovation running from the state’s great research universities to start-up companies. University […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
Say it ain’t so, CNN
CNN’S CRITERIA for deciding who makes the grown-ups table for the GOP debate next month doesn’t make sense. It’s the sports equivalent of declaring the Red Sox losers in the […]
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Biden his time. Will Joe run?
Hillary Clinton is surely muttering the same thing over and over today: Say it ain’t so, Joe. After months of monotony about how the former First Lady, US senator, and […]
Posted inPolitics
Warren calls Trump a ‘blowhard’
US SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN on Monday called Republican presidential contender Donald Trump a “blowhard” for his recent comments about U.S. Sen. John McCain and decried the partisan politics that she […]
Posted inEducation, Opinion
The failure of public assistance
Democrats and Republicans alike have fought for and voted to support programs and funding to provide assistance to our most vulnerable citizens. The intention of this support was always to […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics
Kennedy fights federal data breach law
AFTER HACKERS STOLEÂ data from Target, Home Depot, and other companies in recent years, President Obama called on Congress to enact legislation setting a national standard governing what companies must do […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
Getting from racist to racism
Is it racist that President Obama used the n-word in making a point about race relations in this country? Have many of the same people who are chastising America’s first […]
Posted inHealth Care, The Download
Baker gets pressure on paid parental leave
Message received. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Attorney General Maura Healey, and state Treasurer Deb Goldberg are all offering employees paid parental leave, so now Gov. Charlie Baker is indicating that paid parental […]
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Hillary Clinton goes back to the future
Hillary Clinton laid out the themes of her presidential campaign in their fullest form yet with her Saturday speech on New York’s Roosevelt Island. The location was meant to evoke […]
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Leveraging student debt as a campaign issue
In 2008, young voters by all accounts were the key to sending Barack Obama to the White House. While their numbers slid back in the election four years later, they […]
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O’Malley joins Sanders on Clinton’s left
Hillary Clinton remains very likely to win the Democratic presidential nomination next year. But the cakewalk she was hoping for now features two lesser mortals who will at least be […]
Posted inEducation, The Download
Is bipartisanship killing the era of school accountability?
Partisan gridlock is something everyone loves to hate. The dysfunction in Washington underscores everything that’s wrong with governing today. That should make moments of bipartisan agreement something to celebrate, glimmers […]
Posted inHealth Care, The Download
The hidden cost of having health insurance
U.S. News & World Report is out with its annual index on health insurance and its impact on the economy. To the surprise of few, many of the costs are declining […]
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Clinton, Warren, and Sanders: It’s complicated
Elizabeth Warren has so far resisted every appeal from her progressive fanbase to get into the 2016 race for president. Some refuse to believe that her “no” is genuine, which […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, The Download
Conservative hypocrisy on police unions
In the charged atmosphere surrounding the debate on race and policing in American cities, nuance and fresh perspective have often been in short supply. That made Ross Douthat’s column in Sunday’s […]
Posted inPolitics
Markey’s strategy in Washington
IT WAS A COLD February 5 when Ed Markey took the stage in the Radio and TV Gallery of the US Capitol. There were only a few reporters there to […]
Posted inPolitics
Tom Brady hitting lecture circuit
IS NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS quarterback Tom Brady laying the groundwork for life after football? After four Super Bowl victories and three Super Bowl MVPs, we certainly hope not. But the […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics
Sketchy federal program sells citizenship
Photos by Michael Manning THE BASTILLE KITCHEN is the kind of destination restaurant that stamps a redeveloped neighborhood as a success. The Innovation District bistro, owned in part by renowned […]
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Hillary happens, but it’s still party that matters
It was surely one of the most widely anticipated presidential campaign kickoff announcements in history. But the lack of suspense did nothing to stop the floodgates from opening for yet […]
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Herald teams with Franklin Pierce
New Boston Herald presidential polls released this week indicate Jeb Bush is tied with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker among Republicans and Hillary Clinton is all alone on the Democratic side. […]
Posted inPolitics
Still bridging divides
IN 2007, WHEN I was editorial page editor at the Patriot Ledger in Quincy, I wrote an editorial for the paper’s support of the immigration reform bill before Congress. It […]
