Harry Truman he ain't

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I know there are a lot of issues on the table right now, particularly…

One Day

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That's all it took. We wait years for pension reform. Years…

The Return of Governor Deval Patrick

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The House of Representatives is, as we go to press, engaged in…

Interesting Choices

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I opened up my Globe this AM to be greeted by this Metro section…

Treasurer Cahill's Spring Cleaning

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Allegations were made regarding the connections between the Treasurer…

Almost a million dollars an hour

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One of my pet issues has been moving payroll and other short-lived…

Pick Your Favorite Earmark

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The amendments to the House Ways & Means Budget are in!! Take…

National health plans competing with the private sector

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John Graham of the Pacific Research Institute makes a great point…

Reform for Thee, Not for Me

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The House passed a limited version (more to come, they promise)…

Potemkin Reform

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It is becoming increasingly difficult to buy into the notion…

How Not to Advocate for Transit

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Yesterday's Globe covered the expansion of the Green Line into…

Hmmm, Astrid Glynn returns

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New York State Transportation Commissioner Astrid Glynn is resigning…

Try to make your point more skillfully. . . err, I mean more subtly

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As I have been in the past critical of Michael Graham's column,…

The Revolving Door Also Swings Close to Home

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There's been some hand-wringing recently over the increasingly…

Truth Telling

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An eye-opening quote from the CBO's analysis of the proposed…

Is quasi-governmental power a 21st century skill

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Robert Pondiscio of Core Knowledge passed on this nugget: Common…

Metrics Matter

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Noah Bierman of the Globe had an interesting piece in Sunday's…

Going After the Cabbies

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City Councillor John Tobin has proposed a sliding taxi fare scale…

Is he just spinning or out of the loop?

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The other day my esteemed colleague Steve Poftak and I, in separate…

Enough about Marian Walsh, let's talk about Quasi-Public Conduits

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The Patrick Administration's publicly stated (still!) strategy…

Assignment Desk: No Compensation Provision of Pension Reform

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To: Hilary Chabot, Matt Viser and whomever else is writing on…

Begging to Be Unpacked

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(Great minds think alike -- My colleague beat me to the punch.…

When falling demand and inflexible management collide

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There's a rather curious editorial in today's Globe. I don't…

Take a deep breath and relax on union infiltration of charters

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Our Education Intelligence agent comes through with an interesting…

Live Blogging the President's Press Conference

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Sort of. I'm not really in the East Room of the White House,…

Is KIPP really scalable?

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Yesterday on Slate, in her review of Jay Mathews' new book on…

Eye on Paul Levy

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This space has long been in the tank for Paul Levy. His leadership…

Question on Legislative Management?

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The Carol Aloisi story was in yesterday's Globe, but no one has…

Bailout Fever Continues

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Even those nesting Russian dolls are getting some of the action…

Love thy Labor

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Mayor Menino is asking bargaining units in Boston to accept wage…