Our view: Reform must precede new revenue measures
No new revenues without reform is the mantra we hope will be adopted by the entire North of Boston legislative delegation as it considers proposals for fixing the state's crumbling bridges and roadways.....more>>
Given the precarious state of its finances - not to mention its railroad bridges and other infrastructure - it hardly seems wise for the MBTA to be placing bets on the direction in which interest rates might move.
The real estate market continues its slump, stock prices are swinging wildly, and politicians in Washington have yet to chart a sure path to recovery. So what's to celebrate as we contemplate another two months of winter?
The Supreme Judicial Court reversal of a ruling Judge Richard Mori of Beverly made two years ago should serve as a caution to all who sit on the bench: Judges are to interpret and enforce the law, not function as social workers.
A political "smackdown" was how one cable network talk show described a recent Democratic candidates' televised debate - more the parlance of pro wrestling than national politics.
As the man faced his fellow Democrats, he insisted, "Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference."
In what has been one of the darkest hours for its school system, Salem can count itself fortunate in having a mayor who refused to simply accept the consequences of fiscal catastrophe.
