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Anybody but Coakley or Capuano
Two of the four Democrats in the Massachusetts Senate race, Martha Coakley and Mike Capuano, are career politicians. Surely the last thing this state needs is to elevate yet another government lifer, yet another professional officeholder, steeped in the culture of politics. (Globe Columnist, 1:49 a.m.)
Where conservatives have it wrong
Illegal immigration is a problem. But it can only be solved by overhauling our dysfunctional immigration laws, not by demonizing or scapegoating illegal immigrants. Those immigrants didn't come here in order to be lawbreakers; they broke a law in order to come here. (Globe Columnist, 11/21/09)
In N.Y. trial, a treasure trove for terror
By trying the masterminds of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in a federal courthouse, the United States is at risk of supplying key intelligence to terrorists. (Globe Columnist, 11/17/09)
Obama’s swelling ego
The president couldn't be troubled to visit Berlin to commemorate a momentous milestone in the history of human liberty. But he was glad to explain to those who were there why reflections on that milestone should inspire appreciation for the self-made "destiny" of his own rise to power. (Globe Columnist, 11/13/09)
Wedded to vitriol, backers of gay marriage stumble
It's time for supporters of same-sex marriage to stop caricaturing opponents as the equivalent of Jim Crow-era segregationists. (Globe Columnist, 11/10/09)
How to build a better House
Enlarge the House, and it would fill with new blood, new thinking, and new energy. Elections would be more competitive, since it would take fewer votes to win. The House would grow more diverse, more lively, more representative. (Globe Columnist, 11/7/09)
At Brandeis, Israel's guilt and innocence on display
TO BRANDEIS University last night, South African jurist Richard Goldstone brought his international reputation as a legal scholar, a human rights advocate, and the former chief prosecutor of the United Nations tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Dore Gold, Israel’s former ambassador to the UN, brought facts and figures, maps and photographs, and audio and video in English, Arabic, ... (Globe Staff, 11/6/09)
An option for public: less government, more choice
If President Obama really wants choice and competition, we need to tear down interstate barriers on insurance, drop many mandated benefits, and de-link insurance from employment. (Globe Columnist, 11/3/09)
Hyperbole in the health debate
For all the impassioned talk about obscene profits and bodies piling up, an Associated Press report found that "health insurance profit margins typically run about 6 percent" of revenue, a return "that's anemic compared with other forms of insurance and a broad array of industries." (Globe Columnist, 10/31/09)
Latest battle in book price wars
The American Booksellers Association is asking the US Department of Justice last week for an investigation into the "predatory" behavior of online retailers selling some bestsellers at below market prices -- but they overestimate the risk to traditional bookstores. (Boston Globe, 10/27/09)
All four candidates are out of touch
Of the five Democrats on the stage at the Kennedy Library last night, the one who struck me as most senatorial was the moderator. Unlike the candidates, only Peter Meade seemed consistently willing to acknowledge that the job of a senator often involves making difficult trade-offs. (Globe Columnist, 10/26/09)
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