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…

Radiohead and Pioneer for infrastructure improvements

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In Radiohead's latest, In Rainbows (buy it here!), there is a…

Borne back ceaselessly into the past

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Fiscal management can mean big front-page items -- raising taxes,…

Shame on you

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I'm disappointed in Joe Kennedy (and very irritated with the…

Democrats for Choice

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Choice. For most Democrats it rings as a clarion call... except…

Shameless Gary Gnu reference

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I'm a few days late, but I want to offer a quick rebuttal to…

Justice, Massachusetts-style

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Be careful what you do here in the Commonwealth, you might be…

Maxing out the State Credit Card

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As noted in yesterday's post, the Commonwealth signaled its intention…

Interesting Reading

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The latest version of the Commonwealth's Information Statement…

Full Coverage of Saliva-Related Issues

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The Legislature may not have had time to take up gambling or…

American Exceptionalism

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Joseph Stiglitz was spot on about the costs of the Iraq War.…

Science giveth and science taketh away

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The ethical controversy surrounding embryonic stem cells engendered…

Panderbears are so cute and cuddly

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What does it say about the Democratic party that its entirely…

Life support for the Globe?

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Been traveling so catching up on some items. In case you missed…

Another first from the paper of record

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I'm confident that no previous New York Times' article has ever…

A Small Step for Transparency

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Buried in the outside sections of Governor's latest supplemental…

Another Great Idea from the central planners

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From today's Globe editorial promoting universal wireless in…

Boston vs. Buffalo

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The Patriots rolled to victory again last night. The victim this…

Stopping the Drip, Drip, Drip

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I posted a few weeks ago, regarding the quiet, unchecked potential…

Ummm, ahhh, the number is 617-723-2277

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Heh, heh, still waiting for the Patrick Administration to call. Did…

Or you could just give the money back to ratepayers

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Tuesday's Globe had a story on the tug of war going on regarding…

Some ugly numbers on deficient bridges

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The Reason Foundation has posted up some data on the number of…

Thoreau, he most certainly is not

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This is priceless. David Wasserman, a Madison, Wisconsin middle-school…

People v Place

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In the High Court of Common Sense, the people will always win.…

To gas tax or not to gas tax

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Kathleen Hunter's piece, The Long and Taxing Road, in the July…

Too much house

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I've heard people comment that there must not be a market for…

Hats off to the land of the Yanks

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New York may have fast fallen off the playoff charts. But the…

Happy as a Clam

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A few comments on news items of note this week. Some serious,…

Oh, the days draw out like the blade of a knife

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One that cuts both ways, that is. On one side, longer school…

Going through the motions

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Ever get that feeling that you were doing just that, without…

A shrinking dependency ratio

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But fewer younger, healthier people are joining the state's workforce…