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Past needn't imprison

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:55:20 -0400

The Herald's claim that CORI reform bills would unfairly restrict employer access to criminal records misses the mark ("No lock on CORI," July 6). Proposed...

Just a fair benefit

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:54:21 -0400

As a T employee I feel that the employee pass is not unreasonable since many of us use our passes within the course of performing our jobs ("Charlie free-for-all,"...

Willis also thrills

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:52:21 -0400

I compliment Amy Willis' column about Michael Jackson ("The Thriller is not gone," July 4). She nailed it! We are the Michael Jackson generation. As a writer...

Clown enters Congress

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:51:35 -0400

I sincerely believed it was impossible that this Democratic Congress could become more useless and repugnant. But that was before Al Franken, one of America's hopeless...

Another day, a new tax

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:49:33 -0400

House Democrats continue to behave like the Tax of the Month Club in an effort to fund an expansion of health care. First it was the soda tax, but how much soda can Americans...

Transit troubles

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:47:24 -0400

The MBTA has published a new brochure that spells out the options for keeping the nearly-bankrupt agency afloat. It's titled "Your Service, Your Choice." It...

No hiding horror

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:46:38 -0400

I applaud Jessica Fargen's very real reporting (July 7). Although it is painful to read how Amanda Murray, Anna Dubois and Nicholas Kelly died in a 100 percent preventable...

A featherweight in foreign policy

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:44:16 -0400

WASHINGTON - The signing ceremony in Moscow was a grand affair. For Barack Obama, foreign policy neophyte and "reset" man, the arms reduction agreement had a Kissingerian...

Michael Jackson's act panned

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:38:04 -0400

Like Elvis Presley before him, the demise of Michael Jackson has engaged the entire world, and the parallels are spooky. Both Presley and Jackson lived isolated, somewhat...

Polls don't toll for far left

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:30:49 -0400

The financial system collapsed. Housing prices cratered. Unemployment is at a record high for the last quarter-century. The Democratic president has a solidly positive job...

Nanny Staters, just show some restraint

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:07:15 -0400

If seat belts save lives, how come you're not dead? For days now, horrified Nanny Staters have been wringing their hands over the fact that Massachusetts - liberal...

Tim Cahill could be in for a fall

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:04:46 -0400

So Republican Charlie Baker dove off the cliff first, putting the pressure back on Tim Cahill in what shapes up as an intriguing race for governor in 2010. If Treasurer...

U.S. interests seem set back by summit

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:03:51 -0400

We know the Obama administration blew the translation of the Russian word "reset" when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met her counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergei...

Election 2010 heats up

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:02:43 -0400

It is surely no coincidence that the worse the Massachusetts economy gets, the hotter the race for governor gets. As the president's advisers were quick to point out,...

Still the reel deal

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:01:14 -0400

Massachusetts is lousy with film crews and big stars this summer but leave it to the usual critics to try and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Yes, critics of...

A worthy legacy

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:00:22 -0400

The character that Michael Jackson's detractors have fastened upon is the one he morphed into after Hollywood and the pharmaceutical industry struck a gold mine (July...

Palin has integrity

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:41:14 -0400

All the politicians who spent a year or two running for president - among them, John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry etc. - should have quit. How much time...

Laws adhered to

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:40:24 -0400

Clarifications are in order ("Toxic waste casts cloud on Massachusetts solar co.," July 3). Under the state's Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA), Massachusetts...

Reform CORI now

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:39:06 -0400

I was heartened to see that the Herald supports reforms that eliminate inaccuracies in the system, and that the Herald understands the desire to get people back to gainful...

Treasurer Tim's choice

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:38:10 -0400

When a statewide office holder decides he's leaving the Democratic Party, that's news. Sure, Treasurer Tim Cahill is one ambitious politician, and he sees Gov....

When fame trumps all

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:37:18 -0400

Yes, Michael Jackson was a talented performer, whose talent was often overshadowed by his celebrity and his descent into weirdness and dysfunctionality. The cause of...

Promises fall short

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:36:30 -0400

In this miserable economy government has more than the usual duty to justify expenses. But the Boston Redevelopment Authority's attempt to do so for part of its operation...

No free rides

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:35:34 -0400

MBTA employees do not get free Charlie Cards (July 3). They receive an employee ID which allows them to travel within the system to get back and forth to work and work-related...

Party politics as usual at Post

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:34:29 -0400

Before Sarah Palin stepped on the story, the talk of the Beltway was Salongate at the Washington Post. The venerable newspaper hatched a scheme whereby it would hold a series...

Robert McNamara mentality lives

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:33:10 -0400

WASHINGTON - The death of Robert McNamara at 93 was less a faint reverberation of a receding era than a reminder that mentalities are the defining attributes of eras, and...