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And a delay on climate

4h ago By Boston Herald Editorial Staff

The Senate will put off consideration of a climate-change bill until spring - and that’s good news. Delay gives opponents more time to make their...

Moving on health

4h ago By Boston Herald Editorial Staff

Even as Senate Democrats prepare to make a show of support for majority leader Harry Reid’s health care bill, those...

1 Comment

Taxpayers never win

1d 5h ago By Boston Herald Editorial Staff

Just when you think the Legislature might actually be “getting it” - hearing the public’s outrage over...

18 Comments

Race for last place

1d 5h ago By Boston Herald Editorial Staff

In failing to adopt meaningful education reforms by the end of formal sessions this week the Legislature has placed the commonwealth at risk of forfeiting some...

Fighting for mediocrity

2d 3h ago By Boston Herald Editorial Staff

You can’t argue with results. Well, you can - if you’re the Boston Teachers Union. The BTU has set...

5 Comments

Rationing is here

2d 3h ago By Boston Herald Editorial Staff

The latest news about guidelines for breast cancer screenings comes at a fascinating juncture in our political history -...

11 Comments

Put the kids first

3d 10h ago By Boston Herald editorial staff

After tense behind-the-scenes negotiations the Senate yesterday was headed toward agreement on an education reform bill that,...

1 Comment

Too close for comfort

3d 10h ago By Boston Herald editorial staff

Cambridge police didn’t do anything wrong when they drove a soused Sen. Anthony Galluccio to his house and lugged him...

5 Comments

Tempting our taste buds

3d 22h ago By Boston Herald editorial staff

OK, Bostonians, let’s remove that chip we carry around on our shoulders about all things New York and celebrate the fact that two competing outfits from...

. . . and circus sideshows

3d 22h ago By Boston Herald editorial staff

The adage about giving the public “bread and circuses” immediately came to mind at the news that for the third...

1 Comment

Of paper tigers . . .

3d 22h ago By Boston Herald editorial staff

No matter how powerful they think they are, members of the state Legislature are going to run into trouble trying to eradicate...

3 Comments

Pols are stuck in neutral

5d 15h ago By Boston Herald Editorial Staff

When it comes to road-testing for elderly drivers Beacon Hill has talked a good game. But unless the Legislature acts this...

1 Comment

Skids are greased for UMass ‘law’

5d 15h ago By Boston Herald Editorial Staff

After yet another “thorough review process” - one that took less than a month - University of Massachusetts President...

6 Comments

The Vietnam parallel

6d 15h ago By Boston Herald Editorial Staff

Newsweek magazine, which often seems mired in the orthodoxies of liberalism, has produced a most astute analysis of the choices...

7 Comments

Too big to what?

6d 15h ago By Boston Herald Editorial Staff

Congressional committees are wrestling with legislation aimed at dealing with the problem of banks and other financial institutions...

1 Comment

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