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Governor, When is Excessiveness Excessive?
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The state senate is trying to decide whether to override the…
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Setting the Record Straight
When blogging, sometimes you shorthand -- summarize too quickly.…
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Mr. Commissioner, Open This Road!
One of the great mysteries of urban life is the Department of…
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Wishful Thinking On Romneycare & Obamacare for Employers
Over at the left-of-center blog The Incidental Economist, Austin…
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Whoa! What Did DeNucci Know?
The Lowell Sun's Peter Lucas weighs in on the Merrimack Special…
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National standards’ process and substance abuse
For a while it looked like all of thinking Washington was gaga…
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Unions Have A Right to Fight – Legally
Unions have plenty of rights. They have the right to strike,…
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Arne Duncan gets sent to the principal’s office
US Education Secretary Arne Duncan is losing his allies fast.…
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Krugman, Comfy Pillows and Rick Perry
Paul Krugman, economist polemicist extraordinaire, took out…
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Massachusetts is 1st in the Nation on Health Care Cost!
However, this gold medal is one we wish we could return. Kaiser…
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Thinking Snow? SnowCOP Technology
What? You aren’t thinking about snow right now? Well, while…
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Start-Ups Needed. Desperately.
Massachusetts has had some good short term news, creating jobs…
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Red/Blue Connector? Gone.
Last week, MassDOT did the right thing - effectively ending the…
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Pay No Mind to the Thieves from NH
How do we create jobs? If you read media accounts, you'd think…
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Do you feel safer in a hospital or on an airplane?
The World Health Organization released a report recently that…
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The New Normal: Job Creation In Massachusetts
Trying to figure out the jobs picture in Massachusetts is a challenging…
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The Relentless Quest for Expansion
Some familiar faces are once again calling for new revenues for…
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Meet the Pillars of the Clean Economy
Yep, your friendly MBTA bus driver and local garbage collector…
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Their Solution is Dilution
If there was any confusion about what Massachusetts public employee…
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Feds Crapping Away Health $ and Increasing Deficit
GAO (Government Accountability Office) will release a report…
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Vermont Single-Payer Plan Full of Holes
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts held a…
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A Platform You Can Believe In
Finally, a political party I can support unreservedly: Switzerland's…
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Watch Me Pull A Rabbit Out of My Hat
Again?
Ruffle up my sleeve. Presto. The Great and Good…
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State budget: Late and not so great
With the next fiscal year now the current fiscal year, it’s…