So much for "close enough only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and thermonuclear warfare…"
Age is a very fluid thing. On one's birthday, one is legally a year older, but on that day one only ages a single day, not a whole year. Last…
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Hypocrisy from Ted Kennedy? Who'd have suspected it?
One of the biggest lines of attack against Judge Samuel Alito was his memberhip in the Concerned Alumni of Princeton, which was denounced as sexist, racist, and just plain rotten….
Oh, what a dilemma…
Massachusetts finds itself on the horns of a rather tricky dilemma. Last September, the legislature voted to earmark $25 million to help house, feed, and take care of Hurricane Katrina…
Some days I just love the Boston Herald…
Especially on days when they give me so many good stories to blog about. Today's one of those days, and there are so many, I'm gonna stick a bunch in…
Tom Reilly's tangled web
Last week, I wrote about the Massachusetts' Attorney General (and would-be governor), who apparently intervened into a car crash investigation that killed two teenage sisters, and injured their friend. At…
Bad Doggie update
The good people of Boston can rest easily this day, as Brian Schwab and his pit bull, Gabrielle, are back in custody. The two were caught yesterday. In a stunning…
Bad Doggie II: The Wrath Of Gabrielle
Last October, I wrote about a homeless man who had allegedly taken his unmuzzled pit bull into a busy subway station in Boston. Police were called, and Mr. Brian Schwab…
Massachusetts Justice and other oxymorons
Earlier today, I wrote about this story in the Boston Herald. At that point, I focused on the irony of a gang member and twice-acquitted alleged murdere who fled Boston…
When you embrace diversity, diversity also embraces you — and may cop a feel
The Massachusetts Department of Corrections' Director of Diversity is a Muslim chaplain named Ibrahim Rahim. He also moonlights as an "awake counselor" at a state-funded teen shelter. And it is…
So much for "the cradle of democracy…"
Massachusetts has quite a bit of justifiable pride in its role in American independence. Many key events in the Revolutionary War occurred in the Bay State, including the "shot heard…
Punishing the victims
Robert Eckert of Yarmouth, Massachusetts is a marked man. He's got a lengthy history of encounters with the police, numerous arrests and cour appearances. He can't drive down the road…
Buckling down on those who won't buckle up.
One of the dumbest things one can do, I have discovered, is to trust a Massachusetts politician to keep their word. When the Bay State raised its income tax from…
Voting with their feet
For the second year in a row, US Census data shows that Massachusetts is losing people. Well, not really losing them — it's not like someone put them down just…
Never let the facts get in the way of a good scapegoating
A while ago, Boston's mayor, Thomas "Mumbles" Menino, addressed his city's homicide rate (71 so far this year; two more, and it'll be a perfect 1 every 5 days) by…
And people wonder why I have a category called "Mass. Insanity…"
Boston, Massachusetts is one of the few remaining two-newspaper cities. The big boy is the Boston Globe, a renowned fish-wrapper that's owned by the New York Times. The other paper…
Taxing their way to prosperity
Ah, Massachusetts. Whenever I feel the need for something to get outraged over, laugh about, or feel good about living in New Hampshire, they always provide me with what I…
At least they admit their double standard…
With Wednesday's announcement that Mitt Romney would not be running for governor of Massachusetts, the state's Democratic machine kicked into high gear. One candidate immediately stepped up his attacks on…
The high price of being a victim
Boston, like most major cities, has a bit of a grafitti problem. It's an eyesore, for one, and it tends to lead to other forms of unpleasantness. So the city…
The high cost of empty promises
Last year, the Massachusetts legislature thought it would be just nifty if they offered free dental care to poor pregnant women and new mothers. It was part of the whole…
Hot for teacher's money
Massachusetts election laws are governed by a rather complicated set of laws. One of those is that organizations are limited to how much they can give a candidate, but they…
"The good of the people is the highest law"
When a company does something despicable, there are a lot of ways to address it. If one happens to be, say, mayor of a major city, one's options are even…
It might be time to cancel the tea party…
There is a sign of sanity in Massachusetts this day. Or, at least, proof that the learned lawmakers are not utterly deaf. Back in 2002, the state was in a…
Lemme get this straight…
John Kerry says that his loss in the election of November 2004 was because of events that took place in September 2001. In other words, he lost the race more…
Massachusetts justice: a bargain at twice the price
Some people are just blessed with gifts. Imagine being a respected judge, with a secure six-figure job for life and more time off than you know what to do with….
Bullet points, Boston-style
The city of Boston, Massachusetts is looking at yet another record year for murders and shootings. This is despite the city and state having some of the toughest gun control…
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