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• Comment on: Congressman John Olver to retire - Political Intelligence - A national political and campaign blog from The Boston Globe - Boston.com

  Posted 10/26/2011 05:02:45 EDT

  John Olver has been a tremendous asset to the state and Congress, and this is a big loss for all of us. He is astute, thoughtful, balanced, and hardworking. He is not a glad-handing politician, but a more »

• Comment on: 'From labor, a health care Trojan horse'

  Posted 04/27/2011 05:39:25 EDT

  In this sentence: "If doing so would leave to greater savings, municipalities would also have the unencumbered option of joining the Group Insurance Commission, which provides plans for state workers. more »

• Comment on: Drawing lines in the districts - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/27/2011 03:51:02 EDT

  Let me add, this is starting to seem like a bit of a campaign by the Globe. Two articles in a week targeting John Olver? more »

• Comment on: Drawing lines in the districts - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/27/2011 03:37:05 EDT

  Give up our seniority on Appropriations? Break apart the most technically compact and contiguous district in the state as a starting point? Add urban areas to what is generally a rural and small city more »

• Comment on: 'John Olver threatened by US House redistricting in Massachusetts'

  Posted 04/21/2011 09:01:05 EDT

  I live near Boston, but John Olver is our most valuable delegation member. As a member of the appropriations committee, he has been key to supporting many of the institutions that make this city what more »

• Comment on: 'Google Art Project is underwhelming'

  Posted 02/10/2011 09:43:39 EST

  Of course Smee has it all wrong and Google and the Museums involved have it all right. The proper comparison is to other ways of gaining access to the work from a distance (books, photographs, podcast more »

• Forum Post: The 100 essential New England books

  Posted 06/15/2009 11:29:19 EDT

  Love the kids books that were included, but you might want to throw in some Dr. Seuss.   The combination of histories and novels opens up the question of whether you might want to throw in some poetry more »

• Comment on: 'Harvard Law professor, abortion foe declines Notre Dame award'

  Posted 04/28/2009 09:33:02 EDT

  Prof. Glendon serves as the Bush administration's Iraq apologist to the Holy See and now objects to President Obama being honored? It seems Ms. Glendon's ethics are more flexible than her politics. No more »