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Joan Vennochi

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State hits the jackpot on sports gambling revenue, but what’s the social cost?

"The dilemma is: Can government benefit and regulate an industry at the same time?"

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Can Biden avoid a repeat of Gore 2000?

Those who forget presidential election history could be doomed to repeat it.

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Should evidence that someone other than Karen Read committed murder be allowed at her trial?

If such evidence is let in, prosecutors will have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Read committed the crime and also disprove that others...

15.04.2024 2

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North End restaurateurs’ dispute with Mayor Wu is about more than outdoor dining

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is making a political calculation about who is important and whose needs should be addressed. And it isn’t the restaurant...

10.04.2024 9

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Hillary Clinton to students on Gaza: Can we talk with, not shout at, at each other?

Some students gathered outside the launch of the Hillary Rodham Clinton Center for Citizenship, Leadership, and Democracy at Wellesley College to...

08.04.2024 6

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More straight shooting needed on Everett soccer stadium proposal

It leaves room for doubt about the ultimate cost to the public.

03.04.2024 2

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Donald Trump was right about Stormy Daniels. She’s smart.

In a new documentary, the details she has already spoken of and written about are re-explored in a way that continues to help her cause and hurt his.

01.04.2024 1

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Charlie Baker’s signature on Bennett Walsh’s hiring is part of his legacy

With his plea, Walsh does at least take some personal responsibility for actions that led to veteran deaths at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home. Baker...

28.03.2024 2

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Will Ronna McDaniel’s loyalties lie with journalism — or Trump?

The door between politics and broadcast journalism has been revolving and evolving for a long time.

25.03.2024 2

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Biden’s coalition is in trouble. This guy thinks he can help.

Liam Kerr, a registered Democrat and cofounder of the Welcome Party, believes that for Biden to win in 2024, he must build a tent big enough to...

20.03.2024 7

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Maura Healey’s fuzzy line between her public life and private life

For Healey, discussing the deep import of Brandi Carlile singing "You and Me on the Rock," as she does on the "Love Letters"...

20.03.2024 4

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Mayor Wu plays hardball over White Stadium soccer deal

Is Wu’s plan to build a state-of-the-art athletic facility at White Stadium in Franklin Park really about the kids?

18.03.2024 4

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Bad feelings over Mayor Wu’s rejected vision for O’Bryant School

The Boston school is back on the slow track to much-needed renovation.

13.03.2024 5

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Was Biden’s ‘illegal’ remark a mistake or a signal?

Immigration can no longer be written off as a purely Republican issue, and that explains why Biden is struggling to finesse it.

11.03.2024 3

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Can we talk about transgender athletes?

Is there a way to talk about this without being labeled right wing and transphobic? There should be, just as there should be a way to stand by the...

28.02.2024 4

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Healey, Willis, and the dangers of hiring someone you slept with

A simple rule to follow: Don’t appoint or recommend for a job someone you are sleeping with, are thought to be sleeping with, or have slept with....

27.02.2024 30

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For Healey, calling out Steward Health Care is the easy part

What’s the long-range plan to instill public confidence in a system that has lost it?

21.02.2024 6

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Is concern for judicial ethics all that’s driving the controversy over Healey’s pick for high court?

The governor’s choice of a former romantic partner, Gabrielle Wolohojian, crosses into new territory.

16.02.2024 4

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Biden still has time to prove he is mentally fit

He’s the only one who can make the case that he’s fit to be president.

15.02.2024 1

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Jill Biden makes the case that Joe isn’t too old. Should we believe her?

Jill Biden loves her husband too much to jeopardize his legacy by encouraging him to run for a second term if she knows he can’t do the job.

14.02.2024 4

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The rise of Steward’s Ralph de la Torre — with the embrace of Boston’s business world

A 2014 fundraiser shows how the head of Steward Health Care got to where he is today.

07.02.2024 2

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State officials knew about Steward finances long before this crisis

As attorney general, Maura Healey issued a warning. That was in 2015. Why did it take so long for anyone to loudly demand more public accountability...

06.02.2024 7

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Healey and Wu feel the squeeze over the migrant crisis

States, including Massachusetts, need federal action. But Republicans won’t give it to them, or to President Biden.

01.02.2024 8

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Nikki Haley and the mean boys of the GOP

From the general contempt shown to Haley by her rivals, to Trump’s “grab them” by the whatever attitude, to the party’s antiabortion zealotry,...

24.01.2024 6

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For Biden in New Hampshire, it’s complicated

He’s not on the ballot, and a write-in campaign might get undercut by an Israel-Hamas cease-fire campaign.

22.01.2024 7

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‘Joe,’ as in Manchin, not Biden

The real bottom-line question out of Manchin’s Granite State foray: Will there ever be enough political middle ground in America to support a...

18.01.2024 3

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Donald Trump is right where Joe Biden wants him

'Almost half of the base of the Republican Party [in Iowa] showing up for this caucus tonight voted against Donald Trump. Think about that.'

17.01.2024 2

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Is Nikki Haley up to it, or will she ‘get smoked’?

Hobbling Trump will be tough to accomplish.

12.01.2024 2

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An uncertain ending for Patriots’ Mac Jones

Once a judgment is reached that you’re not up to grade, it can be a short career. In the meantime, it must be hard for someone that young to...

10.01.2024 3

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Mitt Romney needs to re-stiffen his spine on Trump

He continues to wrestle with himself over the benefits of political bravery versus political temerity, and all that wrestling has caused him to...

09.01.2024 30

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What is Ray Flynn’s legacy in light of the Charles Stuart case?

If the former Boston mayor can talk about it, he should.

04.01.2024 4

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The big life of Boston redevelopment director Stephen Coyle

Coyle was always on the public’s side. And thanks to his creative approach, he gained a national reputation as overseer of a Boston planning...

02.01.2024 10

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The rise of Nikki Haley

A shocking poll showing Haley, the former governor of South Carolina and ambassador to the United Nations, within four points of Donald Trump in New...

27.12.2023 3

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The Lynn temporary commuter rail platform is one stop along the way to a better MBTA

It shows that a change in thinking about what is possible can make a difference — and that’s an important message to send to the public and MBTA...

18.12.2023 1

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Mass General’s ‘capacity disaster’

For patients in the emergency department who have been admitted to the hospital, the question often is: When can I get out of here and upstairs into a...

13.12.2023 2

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The ugly fight at the Cannabis Control Commission

It has less to do with racism and more to do with a commission that’s high on power-tripping and low on the brand of leadership needed to address...

06.12.2023 1

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The migrant crisis is a problem for Democrats and Republicans are happy to exploit it

They want Massachusetts to become a laboratory for what happens when liberal ideology runs up against the social and economic realities of the...

05.12.2023 2

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Where’s the public in the talks about Robert Kraft’s plan for a soccer stadium in Everett?

The public deserves the opportunity to get the full story on this stadium, from start to finish. So far, that hasn’t happened.

29.11.2023 2

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More rabbis are calling for Israel-Hamas cease-fire

The number, while still relatively small, reveals a growing willingness in the Jewish community to speak out on a highly emotional and divisive topic,...

28.11.2023 10

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Why the JFK era still matters

Even with his flaws, there was something special about John F. Kennedy and his leadership.

22.11.2023 2

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Why aren’t the clients of brothel ring being named?

The women hired for sex haven’t been charged or named because they are considered victims of sex trafficking. But it doesn’t justify protecting...

15.11.2023 2

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Jack Connors has a dream for a more inclusive Catholic Church

Priests should be able to marry. Women should be able to serve as priests. The sacrament of marriage should be open to all Catholics, no matter their...

13.11.2023 1

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Brandeis University twists away from the First Amendment

The challenge of the First Amendment is honoring it as a foundational principle of this democracy when we are least inclined.

08.11.2023 1

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Lighten up on Bill Belichick

Does the Patriots’ lousy season mean he is done as a coach and all that he achieved is reduced to nothing? If that’s true, it says as much about...

06.11.2023 2

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What do you mean by ‘right to shelter,’ Governor Healey?

It would be better and more honest if Healey just said she wanted to change the law and forced state lawmakers to consider that.

02.11.2023 1

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Representative Jared Golden’s reversal on assault weapons took courage

It takes courage to speak out against the misguided belief that Americans have the right to own weapons of war. That kind of courage can get you voted...

30.10.2023 2

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Other Trump lawyers flipped. John Eastman won’t, his attorney says.

Legal bluster? In Silverglate’s case, probably not.

26.10.2023 9

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Lydia Edwards: A lawyer, politician, and now a military JAG

It’s part of a family legacy of military service that her mother passed on to her.

23.10.2023 3

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Massachusetts shouldn’t walk away from its right-to-shelter law

Walking away from the law also walks the state away from a philosophy of caring about the less fortunate.

18.10.2023 2

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Not all young people view the 2024 New Hampshire primary the same

Whether you attribute that to selfishness or the very real challenges of life in 2023, it’s a warning to Democrats.

16.10.2023 1

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