MBTAAnalysis: A look inside the MBTA

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The MBTA shuttles over a million passengers a day around Greater…

The Clock is Ticking…….

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The clock is ticking towards December 30, 2017.  As part of…

Will MA forfeit education stimulus dollars?

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EdNews.org passes on this AP report on US Ed Secretary Arne Duncan's…

13 is not the right number

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Reading about the investigation into misconduct at the MBTA Police…

About Time

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After ten long years, Time Warner has finally made the decision…

My Earthfest Pet Peeve

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Earthfest is this Saturday on the Esplanade. If past practice…

Raising the Symbolism Bar

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Sure, our local politicians have their symbolism -- who can forget…

Questions Michael Flaherty, Sam Yoon and Kevin McCrea should be asking

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The Globe this week ran successive stories (here and here) regarding…

I am about to toss my cookies

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That was my dad's self-edited way of expressing his disregard…

Wet, Wetter, Wettest

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Jack Butterworth reported in the Daily Item on a recent town…

Interesting Wrinkles in New GIC Study

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A new study, published by the Rappaport Institute and Collins…

Strategic Debate is Good for the Country

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President Obama and former Vice President Cheney delivered competing…

Can He Say That?

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Treasurer Tim Cahill went down to New Bedford and told them: the…

An absolute must read

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Again, I have to give Michael Graham his props. As a colleague…

Harry Lime in Africa

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Remember Harry Lime (Orson Welles) in The Third Man (1949, dir.…

A great debate on unions and improving our schools

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For those of you who need a smart debate about the role of unions…

Massachusetts, yet again

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There's an entertaining feature on the American Educational Research…

13 Questions for the Special Commission on Pension Reform

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1) How many members of the commission really think pensions and…

The Laws of Economics Still Apply

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Senator Bruce Tarr of Gloucester has filed an amendment to the…

NYPD not so blue

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Police Chief Ed Davis has calmed the spikes in crime seen before…

New York 20, Boston 0

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Tip of the cap to Whitney Tilson for directing me to this article…

The Buddy-Boy World of Massachusetts Public Pensions

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Remember Tim Bassett? He's the guy who retired, took a pension,…

Haute Cuisine, anyone?

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A little behind on this one, but I did want to direct people's…

Boston's proposed school assignment plan

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Today's Globe describes the coalition that is forming to fight…

Obama v. Patrick

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No, silly. There is not going to be a lawsuit just because the…

The Trust Deficit Grows

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Yesterday, I got up on my soapbox and railed about the trust…

Paper cuts in Haverhill

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Shawn Regan reports in the Eagle Tribune that “the greatest…

They are good at what they do

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The National Education Association is, bar none, the most effective…

Taxation without trust?

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I would like to follow up on my post last week regarding the…