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Opinion

Monday, March 15, 2010

No medical emergency

The time for talk is over. So proclaimed the most talkative president in modern memory. I can’t remember when Barack Obama said that. Maybe it was...

Rule could enable flight cancellations

A new federal regulation intended to limit how long passengers can be kept aboard a delayed airliner is already having an...

Liz Cheney stirs pot over Holder’s hires

Liz Cheney has stirred up a hornet’s nest. The former vice president’s daughter now runs a group called Keep America Safe, which last week...

Budget reality bites

When it comes to budget cuts the Patrick administration has a habit of talking out of both sides of its mouth. On Friday Gov. Deval Patrick’s top...

Fallout is far-reaching

The political future of congressional Democrats isn’t the only thing on the line now that they’ve decided to...

Laboy fails system

It’s unfortunate that people such as Wilfredo Laboy are in charge of our children (“School chief faces ouster amid scandal,” March 12). What’s...

Protect property

Normally I would be all over trashing the hackerama that is Massachusetts but I’m not jumping on this bandwagon (March 12). My scout troop used to go...

Hurrah for Pat K

It may be his “last hurrah” but Rep. Patrick Kennedy’s assault on the media coverage of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq was dead on (“Patrick...

Scapegoats sought

So are the custodians going to be fired from the schools that failed the inspections? And then made to reapply for their jobs with only 50 percent being rehired...

Tax, don’t toll

I am not in favor of raising taxes but if it must be done to maintain our roads at least do it in a way that costs not one penny to collect and is fair to everyone...

No great save

The editorial on municipal health insurance (“Savings by design,” March 10) fails to advance discussions on this issue. What’s worse, it distorts...
Sunday, March 14, 2010

A perfect circle of party power

WASHINGTON - As the Afghanistan War intensifies - Marja, soon Kandahar, and the steady arrival of 30,000 new American troops - it has come to be seen as Obama’s...

Union address in a sorry state

WASHINGTON - The increasingly puerile spectacle of presidential State of the Union addresses is indicative of the state of...

Too many black holes in space plan

Another of President Obama’s initiatives may be in trouble. Legislators from states with a heavy NASA presence are...

Hey, Obama, leave them schools alone

Hand it to the states. All but two of them saw that their K-12 math and English standards could maybe do with some possible...

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Ray Tye knew the true spirit of charity

Joe Fitzgerald The extensive coverage of Ray Tye’s death was not only richly...


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