The 2010 Senate race

And then there was the time he threatened to kill a dog. §On a Sunday morning in the spring of 1993, Michael E. Capuano, then the mayor of Somerville, was tossing fly balls to his 9-year-old son in a Tufts University field while a trio of unleashed dogs - two rottweilers and a golden retriever - romped nearby... Keep reading »

It was a cold day in Dorchester when Martha Coakley’s ambition slammed head-on into political reality. § She was running in a special election for state representative, an entry-level job in the world of elective office, with an eye toward eventually running for Suffolk County district attorney. She had outdebated her four male opponents. And she had almost certainly outsmarted them...Keep reading »

It was a daunting task for a pair of young, inexperienced college interns, to plan a legislative hearing on Capitol Hill. But Alan Khazei and Michael Brown had lobbied for the assignment. And they were going to make Washington sit up and take notice... Keep reading »

For three tense weeks in June 1990, Stephen G. Pagliuca was locked in a New York law firm, immersed in secret negotiations over a $70 million corporate buyout that was easily the most important deal of his young life...
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Scott Brown wasn't always the self-assured state senator, lawyer, National Guard officer, triathlete, and Republican candidate for US Senate that he is today. Far from it.§ He was once a shaggy-haired 12-year-old growing up in Wakefield, drifting into trouble. His parents divorced when he was a year old. Each remarried three times, he said... Keep reading »