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…

Just Asking

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Apparently University of Connecticut men's basketball coach Jim…

First Nick's Beef and Beer, then Triple D's, now. . .

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In the Globe's front-page article this morning about a proposed…

Musings on the Governor's Transportation Plan

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The title above is accurate -- these are simply musings because…

The Thin Blue Line Freezes Out Menino

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UPDATE -- As the Herald reports today (and two commenters from…

Nationalization is Coming

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Its clear that the occasional side conversations are entering…

Is global warming due to sulfur and not carbon

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A great post by DA Mittell on his new blog (welcome to the blogosphere,…

Lincoln 200 and the US History MCAS requirement

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Anne Neal of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)…

Breaking News in Boston is Yesterday's News in Worcester

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The Globe has been cranking out articles touting the virtues…

Somehow, Some Ideas Just Never Die

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An editorial this morning in the Herald revealed that Congressman…

Boston School Choice Surprise

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I've written previously on the Boston school lottery and last…

Government apples and private apples

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I've always thought state policy is more interesting than federal…

Ban the Lobbyists and…

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Someone finally read the outside sections of the Governor's budget…

Il Sorpasso

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A great Italian movie of the early sixties directed by Dino Risi,…

In Defense of Michael Flaherty's Kitchen

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City Councillor Michael Flaherty announced his candidacy for…

The Teachers Union Meets the Market

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There's an interesting experiment going on in Boston right now…

16 Years Later, Merger Savings Realized!

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As we contemplate a major shake-up of our transportation system…

The Governor's choice on charter schools

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The Governor's proposal on charter schools does two things: It…

Additional Assistance is Gone?

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The Governor's Budget was released today (well, some of it anyway,…

Great Moments in Public Management, Pt. MCMLXVII

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New York's Inspector General has released a scathing report on…

MA budget woes and the federal stimulus package

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Governor Patrick has to close a budget gap of at least $950 million…

Fiddling while the budget burns

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It took about a year after I left the State House to realize…

What Problem Are They Trying To Solve

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Bureaucracies have a wonderful, self-sustaining way of letting…

Will the Guv hit a homer on charters or more ho-hum

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The Governor is making an announcement on charters. He has taken…

Jeremy Piven?

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Today's Globe has a well-meaning op-ed that uses Jeremy Piven's…

All We Got Was Paint and Carpet

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Pioneer HQ has just undergone a facelift, but it appears we set…

If you thought of them as customers, existing ones would be important

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The Turnpike cranked out one of the more inexplicable pieces…

The Great, The Good and The Bad of the Gov's speech to local officials

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Today's speech by the Governor before the Massachusetts Municipal…

So you want European-style health care

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Atul Gawande has a great piece in this week's New Yorker on the…

Ken Lewis is on the clock

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Ken Lewis' dramatic firing of John Thain from BofA only highlights…

NEA's largesse from their disclosure report

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The Education Intelligence Agency's just released scoop, entitled…