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More than justice hangs in balance

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:09:29 -0400

Message to GOP: On Sotomayor, give it up. With Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Senate confirmation hearings set to begin today, Republicans are seeking desperately to uncover...

N. Korea may be wired for cyber-warfare

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:08:25 -0400

Looks like we may have a new upstart in the shadowy world of cyber-warfare: North Korea. Yes, that's right, fingers are pointing at North Korea as the perp in a...

We can't be blind to bias

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:07:47 -0400

As the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, I have pledged that Sonia Sotomayor's hearing will be fair and respectful - but also thorough and rigorous. If...

Speaker's gamble

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:05:34 -0400

For a politician there's a lot to be said for taking care of the folks back home. But as speaker of the House of Representatives, Bob DeLeo should also consider that...

Feds: Trust, but verify

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:05:27 -0400

It took six months but the Obama administration has decided, hey, it actually is a good idea to make sure federal contractors are using legal workers on government projects. ...

From our friends in N.H.

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:05:13 -0400

New Hampshire's lawmakers have spoken, and good for them and us! Last week Gov. John Lynch signed into a law a bill that shields Granite State retailers from having to...

Driver's choice

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:56:55 -0400

Columnist Margery Eagan says the common denominator in recent fatalities was no seat belts ("No excuses: Pass seat belt law," July 7). Well that was also common...

No defense for him

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:56:31 -0400

Robert McNamara's obit summed up with startling brevity the fullness of the fallacy which pervaded his person when he was described as "known as a policymaker with...

You go, Palin!

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:56:14 -0400

Columnists Maureen Dowd and Margery Eagan are giddy with delight as they diagnose soon-to-be Citizen Palin as a loon ("A half-baked Alaska plan by Sarah Palin,"...

Mass. gets reel

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:55:45 -0400

There is no other industry that is bringing in $870 million in new revenue to our economy while creating over 5,700 new jobs ("Lawmaker: Film tax credit a reel waste,"...

Soldiers unknown

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:55:18 -0400

Lauren Beckham Falcone's column was a reminder of what today's media is trying to glorify ("A memorial service unfit for a king who abdicated his throne,"...

Charlie Baker has plausible path to the Corner Office

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:44:02 -0400

There are more than a billion reasons for Massachusetts voters to dump Gov. Deval Patrick. Not only has he given the biotech industry a billion in corporate welfare and...

In Afghanistan, a battle for respect

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:04:33 -0400

WASHINGTON - Being an educated, professional woman in Afghanistan could not have been easy at any time during the last few decades. I recently met with a group of female government...

If you're paying, the doctor is in

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:03:39 -0400

A new feature: Ask Dr. Politics! A forum for civil exchange in a civil society. Dear Dr. Politics: You attack Mark Sanford for "walking off his job" to visit...

N.Korea suffers Il-fated, Il-tempered leader

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:02:55 -0400

How ironic it is that of the 195 countries in the world, North Korea is still thoroughly vexing us more than half a century after we fought a war there. Over our July...

Dems mixing VAT of gooey taxes

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:02:16 -0400

WASHINGTON - Economic policy, which became startling when Washington began buying automobile companies, has become surreal now that disappointment with the results of the...

Regulating the future

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:29:08 -0400

The new head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission plans hearings on whether it should limit speculative trading in crude oil and other fuels to dampen price volatility....

G-8 'goals' a hoax

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:28:46 -0400

China and India ought to be praised for not letting the global warming provisions of the G-8 meeting get any more meaningless. Those two rapidly developing countries...

Boston's Serino steps up

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:52:35 -0400

This nation learned some painful lessons about emergency preparedness during Hurricane Katrina and its tragic aftermath. We learned that experience counts, and so does...

Hold that stimulus!

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:49:40 -0400

Well, that didn't take long. Four months after passage of a $787 billion stimulus bill, some members of Congress and of the commentariat are proclaiming the need for...

Good sense from Pelosi

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:52:30 -0400

At last a moment of good sense in the midst of the Michael Jackson mania that gripped otherwise sensible people this week. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi managed to halt...

No shortchanging justice

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:51:05 -0400

The governor's budget cuts won't simply lead to delays; conflict that is not addressed appropriately in court will be resolved inappropriately in our homes...

So sinfully mavericky!

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:41:11 -0400
Sarah Palin is a sinner. She has violated several commandments and thoroughly deserves the savage beating that she is now getting from political mandarins and media elites. ...

Feeling the heat? Not as temps fall

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:35:44 -0400
As cap-and-trade advocates tie their knickers in knots over so-called "global warming," Mother Nature refuses to cooperate. Earth's temperatures continue a...

Obamanomics better stimulate GOP response

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:31:40 -0400
Vice President Joe Biden has said the administration did not realize how bad the economy was when it urged passage of a stimulus bill that's failed in its mission. But...