This blog has existed through five presidential elections. Perhaps they have all felt existential. Certainly, the most recent three presidential cycles have felt that way. That is because one major party’s candidate has been the same for three election in a row. Complete liberation from this déjà vu is not certain, but one step could help break it.
It cannot be said more plainly. The Supreme Court has discredited itself. Its conservative majority has overreached and abused its role and the solemn respect the institution has accumulated over time. The evidence for this is not merely overturning Roe v. Wade. I
As America faces a stark and historic choice on Tuesday, Massachusetts faces many of its own. On the federal level, the 413 has two federal races ahead. US Senator Ed Markey faces Republican Kevin O’Connor, a lawyer and Representative James McGovern, a Democrat who represents
There was a crisis in America even before the shroud of the coronavirus fell upon us. But now, nearly eight months after COVID-19 seized the globe, it has never been more clear how grossly inadequate and incompetent our current leadership is and why Joseph R.
There are countless things this country needs as it grapples with its greatest crisis in living memory. The outbreak of COVID-19 has laid waste to the economy and our social fabric, but there is one thing it need not destroy—the government itself. Specifically, we speak
We are living in a time of rot—in our society, in our law and in our nation’s soul. The alleged hum from the economy masks the growing deterioration under the hood menacing millions of workers. Fairness and equality in our society grow more elusive as
A recent string of polls suggest the high, if not the party, may be over for Elizabeth Warren. After an early Fall where she seemingly eclipsed former Vice-President Joe Biden, the senior senator from Massachusetts has seen her star fade. South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete
It is an odd time for the city of Springfield. There is yet another mayoral election of debatable competitiveness at a time when so much is amiss with our city. The Council race, already troublingly low-key, has been polluted by disqualifying behavior. At the same
…Everybody else is getting one, so why not? But seriously…The Springfield City Council thus far is the only organ of city government containing the conflagration spreading throughout city government without getting singed. The fires have raged at Pearl Street as l’affaire de Bigda and the
Some time ago the Massachusetts Department of Transportation—or simply MassDOT—announced plans to replace an aging viaduct east of the former Allston Turnpike tolls in Boston. The agency will bring the Pike to ground and elevate the adjoining Soldier Fields Road. That decision was widely praised.