Scot Lehigh
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RECENT COLUMNS
Is Baker ready for tough choices?
Expect the winner in the governor's race to be the candidate who persuades voters he's best able to do the difficult things that tough times demand. (Boston Globe, 7/9/09)
A firefight in the Hub
Mayor Tom Menino wins solid marks both for fire department reform and for dismissing the union scare tactics as silly political theater. (Globe Columnist, 7/7/09)
Enough already on Michael Jackson!
Have you heard that Michael Jackson died? Actually, let me rephrase the question. Have you heard much of anything else since last Thursday? (Globe Columnist, 6/30/09)
Infidelities shouldn’t end political careers
Lust, once it obtains a toehold in a politician’s right ventricle, has proved itself a far more formidable foe than conservatives had imagined back when they were contemplating President Clinton’s transgressions. (Boston Globe, 6/26/09)
Who is bluffing on sales tax?
A high-stakes game of public-policy poker is underway on Beacon Hill, and now the state Senate is sending this message: If Governor Patrick vetoes the sales tax increase that helps fund the new budget, he may well own the consequences. (Globe Columnist, 6/23/09)
A shortsighted standoff over Tall Ships
A mere three weeks before the Tall Ships are set to arrive, the standoff between Tom Menino and Sail Boston has been resolved. The mayor, who had blustered about trying to ban the majestic ships from the harbor, has put down his cutlass. This will not be the event it could have been, however. (Boston Globe, 6/18/09)
The hurdles to expanded healthcare
The great healthcare debate is now officially on, and though the goal of dramatically expanded coverage is in distant view, perils and pitfalls abound along the path forward. One came Monday in the form of a Congressional Budget Office analysis. (Globe Columnist, 6/16/09)
New momentum for charter schools
Suddenly, support for charter schools, once the lonely province of public-policy entrepreneurs and intrepid, union-defying pols, has become positively mainstream. (Boston Globe, 6/11/09)
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