by Maureen Turner | Aug 10, 2012 | News
What would be the proper baseball analogy to describe Gov. Deval Patrick’s turn-around on the so-called “three strikes” crime bill last week? That the governor struck out looking? That a brush-back pitch of political and public pressure chased him...
by Maureen Turner | Aug 10, 2012 | News
On Women’s Rights• From Nuciforo’s position paper on women’s rights:“The right to choose and the right to privacy are fundamental constitutional rights. Nuciforo strongly supports those rights as recognized by Roe v. Wade. He supports a...
by Our Readers | Aug 16, 2012 | News
Bottle Bills and “Unicorn Farms” The real victor in the failure of the passage of the Bottle Bill was not “monied special interests,” but John Q. Taxpayer and his family, who will not be nickel and dimed to death every single time they buy a...
by Pete Redington | Aug 16, 2012 | News
The non-governmental organization (NGO) movement pushing reform of the financial industry in the form of the so-called Robin Hood Tax has traveled across the pond from England to the United States, drawing considerable interest and support. While anti-tax crusaders...
by Stephanie Kraft and Patrick Kelley | Aug 16, 2012 | News
Repeat something often enough and it becomes true; that’s the cavalier way of dealing with reality that’s still being practiced by plenty of politicians and political activist groups. The runup to this year’s elections is expected to be a carnival of...
