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Saturday, November 22, 2008

Another pol in cuffs

By Boston Herald Editorial Staff

The astonishing thing about the current public corruption scandal in Boston is, if those FBI affidavits are to be believed,...

17 Comments

We’re justice’s gatekeeper

By William J. Leahy / As You Were Saying . . .

Any fair examination of CPCS spending could only conclude that the Committee for Public Counsel Services is “operationally...

4 Comments

Mass. takes top ranking

By Boston Herald Editorial Staff

It’s always nice to be at the top of the heap. That’s where Massachusetts stands in the eighth annual report on long-term competitiveness compiled...

Soldiers know this gratitude is heart-felt

By David Chicoine

The scene is a familiar one: People standing around an airport terminal waiting for their flight, and one, lone soldier standing...

3 Comments

Brakes on the bailout

By Jay Ambrose

Auto executives flew into Washington in private jets, and before long there was congressional stalemate on what they wanted,...

1 Comment

Friday, November 21, 2008

Justice isn’t cheap

By Mira Horton-Rashad

Has it occurred to the Herald that some people could be, gasp, innocent? Well it has to this writer. So should we spare no...

10 Comments

Another road out

By Boston Herald editorial staff

When it comes to transportation funding Beacon Hill is in a “pick your poison” kind of mood. Here is the choice...

1 Comment

Bailout bombs on the Hill

By Boston Herald editorial staff

“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me!” Never has that old saying been more relevant than...

1 Comment

City Hall needs green thumb

By W.Z. Woodlief

Forget all that folderol over whether Boston Mayor Tom Menino got the better of Michael Flaherty by announcing a new energy-conserving,...

1 Comment

Bigotry disguised

By John H. Bickford Jr.

Joe Fitzgerald just doesn’t get it: Even in a democracy, the civil rights of a minority group must never be subjected...

14 Comments

‘Improving’ details

By Sam Yoon

Following our hearing on police details, I came to the conclusion that there are ways we can improve the system (“Serving...

6 Comments

‘Fairness’ redefined

By Jon Ethier

While writing to a friend in 1816, Thomas Jefferson warned: “If a nation expects to be ignorant - and free - in a state...

6 Comments

Success in Iraq cost U.S. dearly

By Michael Gerson

WASHINGTON - A war that once seemed likely to end in a panic of helicopters fleeing the American embassy now seems destined...

1 Comment

Duty’s torch again passes to youth

By Bill Purcell and John Della Volpe

Despite the daunting challenges and dangers that confront the new administration, our nation is also presented with an opportunity that at best comes once every...

Pike, take notice

By Jack Zaccardi

My North Shore friends say they won’t pay the higher tolls. The downtown retailers, movie theaters, restaurants and...

4 Comments

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