Politics
Sisterhood Closed; Republican Women Need Not Apply
Boston Herald | Op-Ed | October 20, 2010 From high upon her perch at The New York Times, the acerbic Maureen Dowd has looked down upon the current crop of female Republican candidates and dubbed them “mean girls.” Interesting choice of words from a columnist...
Reagan Dems Take Notice
read more: Boston Herald Article [password]We've heard of Tea Party voters, Wal-Mart moms, soccer moms and NASCAR dads. But in the beginning, there were Reagan Democrats. The Reagan Dems of the 1980s were ethnic Catholics - mostly Irish, Italian or Polish. They were...
A Paler Shade of Blue; Mass. Incumbents May Be in For a Fall
read more: Boston Herald Article We live in a "one party state" - the bluest state in the nation. Despite Scott Brown's Senate victory last winter, Democrats still hold the governor's office, a supermajority of the Legislature and all 10 congressional seats. With a...
Deval Won’t Do the Math
read more: Boston Herald Article [password]Gov. Deval Patrick's comment last week that he doesn't "view the budget as a math problem" just may have been the turning point in this election. While refreshing in its honesty, the governor's statement is actually quite...
When Picking SJC Judges, Gov’s Judgment Matters
Scrap the JNC.
Tea Party More Temperate Than Tempest
read more: Boston Herald Article [password]If there’s one thing we can agree on about the tea party movement, it’s that it has become the political Rorschach test of the year. Those who are sympathetic to the movement see it as a grass-roots groundswell against a...
`Real Housewife’ Bellies Up to the Trough
read more: Boston Herald Article [password]I have a friend – let’s call her “Christine” – who was laid-off recently from her job as CFO of a small company in metro-west. Christine, a mother of three, is what I would call comfortably middle class – a CPA from a top...
Bailout of Failing School
UMass Trustees argue against acquisition of Southern New England School of Law.
Is There a Right to Golf? Disabled Americans Scale the Carts
Affirmative Action for Professional Athletes?
Gore’s Dubious School Record
Despite attempts by Democrats to paint George W. Bush as a “village idiot”, Bush’s academic record trumps that of Al Gore.
Which Way Will Hispanics Vote?
In 2000, George Bush and the Republicans are poised to regain a significant portion of the Latino vote.
“Advocates for ‘change’ are, inevitably, frustrated with our deliberately inefficient government. And so when they do not get their way, they complain that the system is ‘broken.’ But it is not. This is how it is supposed to work. Gridlock prevents the majority from running roughshod over the minority. Gridlock ensures that dissenting voices are heard. Gridlock forces compromise — often painful compromise, but compromise nonetheless”
