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Monday, December 1, 2008

A toast to Post

If ever there was a town that honored its veterans it is South Boston (Nov. 26). A couple of disgruntled neighbors didn’t...

No time for Mass. to go soft on education

The story is told of a wealthy businessman wooed by the Boston Symphony to make a donation. He is escorted to a balcony box...

Fair in name only

It never occurs to the left that a true Fairness Doctrine would allow Rush, Neil and Sean to air their opposing views on...

Last word on Denis Leary

Kudos to Peter Gelzinis (“Denis still twisting the truth,” Nov. 19). I’ve never thought Denis Leary was more than what Gelzinis sees him as,...

Good work, Michael Graham

Kudos to Michael Graham (“Public employees work you over,” Nov. 25). You cannot blame the employees for taking what our elected officials gave...

Gov drives home a point

At a certain point blaming previous administrations for poor fiscal management just starts to ring hollow. The Patrick administration...

Derail this drive

Word came last week that the Massachusetts Federation of Teachers has managed to convince the faculty at a Brighton charter...

In Barack Obama, let’s trust

WASHINGTON - So, folks, how is he doing? With every day bringing more bad financial news, with job loss now an equal...

Progress not noted

According to Lee Buckley, the arrest of Chuck Turner, following on the heels of the indictment of Dianne Wilkerson, is political...

Uncle Sam’s going bipolar on bailouts

This holiday season, Americans can be grateful for a government huge enough to work against itself. As cornucopian benefits flow from Washington, Uncle Sam...

Everett besieged

Once again Everett is going to get overwhelmed as the Tobin Bridge toll may hit $7. It was bad enough when it hit $3 (“Take a hike, Pike,”...
Sunday, November 30, 2008

A game of pardons

President Bush seems determined to maintain high standards in granting pardons and reductions of prison sentences, a welcome...

EU’s own rabble-rouser

Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic, is scheduled to become president of the European Union for six months starting in January, and most of the big...

Defense pick opens Gates to measured change

It may upset some of the Democratic Party’s more amped-up liberals who want us out of Iraq now, but Barack Obama did the wise thing in asking the Bush...

Thankful for dad and his thrifty habits

One of the things I am deeply grateful for this holiday season is that my father was a frugal guy and made a big deal out of it. A child of the Depression,...

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