Hogging All the Terrorism

Josh Marshall, currently a New Yorker himself, nails the dynamic of conservatives trying to own 9/11: Last week John McCain announced that he too was opposed to the Community Center and Mosque to be built a couple blocks from Ground Zero. To his credit, unlike many...

A Sticky Subject

Almost a year after Springfield voters approved a ballot question to extend that city’s mayoral term from two years to four, city councilors are bracing themselves to take up an assuredly more contentious follow-up issue: whether the mayor’s salary should...
Some Victories in Criminal Justice Reform

Some Victories in Criminal Justice Reform

Last Friday, Gov. Deval Patrick signed a bill that will bring long-awaited reforms to the criminal justice system in Massachusetts, including significant changes to the Criminal Offender Record Information, or CORI, system. At the signing, Patrick was surrounded by...