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The news that Middlesex County Sheriff James DiPaola died suddenly today was stunning and saddening. I’ll leave it to others to report on the circumstances of his passing but perhaps a short summary of his political career might be appropriate. Motivated by last week’s news of DiPaola’s retirement, I wrote…
Read More »Between the recent release of the report on corrupt hiring practices in the state’s probation department and the cancellation of several high school sporting events, patronage and corruption have been much in the news. In his “Talking Politics” blog at the Boston Phoenix, columnist David Bernstein makes a connection between…
Read More »Economist, teacher, and blogger Robert Reich analyzes the political strategy of Sarah Palin in his latest opinion piece. Between the lines, Reich is telling the Democratic Party leaders and members to do more about the economic suffering in the country. Read it here, as aggregated by huffingtonpost.com
Read More »I just watched a wonderful documentary on PBS about the offical photographer of President Obama, Pete Souza, whose work was captured by a National Geographic Society team for about a year, culminating in the passage of the health care reform bill last spring. The program offers a look inside the…
Read More »While I am a supporter of the Governor and at the risk of being reminded that I’m also a Marty Meehan supporter – let me say that I’m not happy about the Governor waving-off Marty Meehan as a candidate for the University of Massachusetts Presidency because he served as an…
Read More »The bombshell revelation in the Sunday Globe that Middlesex County Sheriff Jim DiPaola would resign on January 6, 2011 after just winning reelection on November 2, 2010 has already prompted several posts (Here by Marie and here by me). With so many unanswered questions, much more will undoubtedly be written.…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Nearly a year ago, I used the word “circling the drain” in writing about Deval Patrick’s inauspicious prospects for reelection. I’m not the only one whose premature assessments proved wrong. Patrick turned around his campaign. And, in the…
Read More »NYTimes columist Bob Herbert today recalls the expansive and in its own way demanding vision of JFK, calling it his “gift” to the nation. Read the column here, and get the NYT if you appreciate the thinking.
Read More »WickedLocal.com is reporting that Treasurer-elect Steven Grossman has chosen Representative Barbarba L’Italien of Andover as his Director of Goverment Affairs along with Francis Orlando as her Deputy Director and Al Gordon as Director of Policy. “I am pleased to have people of this caliber on our team,” Grossman said. “They…
Read More »The Globe is reporting that James DiPaola – recently re-elected Middlesex Sheriff – has “retired” and will resign from his position as Sheriff in January, 2011 allowing Governor Patrick to appoint a replacement. Originally, planning to take advantage of complicated but legal pension provisions, DiPaola was retiring but was planning…
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