NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Brady might have reason to practice more intensely after a federal judge made clear Wednesday that the NFL's four-game suspension of the New England Patriots quarterback over "Deflategate" is in jeopardy.
Harkening back to the days when Massachusetts was known derisively as "Taxachusetts," a liberal coalition is pushing to amend the state constitution to impose a 9 percent tax on incomes above $1 million. The amendment would override the state constitution's current prohibition on graduated income taxes.
Putting aside the question of whether the proposed amendment is good policy — and in a highly competitive national and international economy struggling with weak growth, it's not — the effort actually warms my heart.
