Commentary
Chief Justice Roberts’s Trump Rebuke A Dead Letter
When he was running for president U.S. Senator Ted Cruz said he wouldn't have appointed John Roberts to the U.S. Supreme Court. If that's so, maybe he had the right idea.
Politics
News
Why You Don’t See Flagmen in Massachusetts
Massachusetts drivers rarely see civilian flagmen to direct traffic at road construction projects because state law ensures that they're not much cheaper than hiring cops, a new Pioneer Institute report says. A civilian flagman costs $43.44 an hour, far above the national average of $28.89, according
Commentary
New Pioneer Report Right on Common Core Damage, But Massachusetts Still Needs Standards-Based Reforms in Education
Pioneer Institute in Boston recently issued an informative report criticizing Common Core's standards for the damage they have done to student achievement in this country and to the school choice movement. The authors of this report — Ted Rebarber of Accountability Works and Neil McCluskey at the CATO Institute
News
Seth Moulton’s Insurrection Against Nancy Pelosi Seems Half-Baked – Weekly Recap of Beacon Hill
By Craig Sandler STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE He was in Amesbury this week, not Northampton or Leicester, but U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton's rhetoric about changing the House had shades of stereotypical stoner-speak when it came to the new direction he's trying to point his colleagues.
Commentary
Six Reasons For Americans To Be Thankful on Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving is not primarily about turkey, football, or even family. It's primarily about giving thanks to God. Two outstanding examples in American history show the way. In October 1621, after a winter when they had seen half their people die of starvation and disease, the Pilgrims gave thanks
News
More Beacon Hill Pay Raises Now, and More Beacon Hill Pay Raises To Come
By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Massachusetts House employees just got raises.
News
Expect New Marijuana Stores ‘Every Couple of Weeks,’ Cannabis Commission Says
By Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE While hundreds braved the cold rain and snow Tuesday for the chance to legally buy marijuana, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission was back to work processing more than a dozen additional cannabis business applications as it continues to ramp up the industry.
Commentary
Mayor Marijuana Is A Disgrace To Massachusetts
If Massachusetts someday legalizes prostitution, will the mayor of one of its cities line up to be the first customer at a brothel? It's not the same as marijuana, but it's not completely different, either. Both are destructive things that hurt people who partake of them.
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