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Massachusetts

Mr. America | The New Republic

July 12, 2010

There are moments when Scott Brown evokes a 12-year-old boy who woke up one day in a politician’s body—as if the Tom Hanks character in Big had asked that fortune-telling machine for a Senate seat. He certainly has the 12-year-old’s vernacular. Stumping for John McCain at a small Christian college in March, the junior senator [...]

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Gaming the Healthcare System in Massachusetts

April 4, 2010

I am shocked, *shocked* that someone would do something like this: Thousands of consumers are gaming Massachusetts’ 2006 health insurance law by buying insurance when they need to cover pricey medical care, such as fertility treatments and knee surgery, and then swiftly dropping coverage, a practice that insurance executives say is driving up costs for [...]

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Happy Anniversary Mr. President

January 20, 2010

I’m still somewhat surprised that this actually happened. In Massachusetts of all places. I only wish that I was still able to vote there – so that I could finally cast a vote for a Republican worth his name in my old home state. How big of a deal is this? Huge. What happens next [...]

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A looming landslide for Brown

January 18, 2010

“Democrats can stop hoping at this point.” Andrew Sullivan said it… not me

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Obama comes to help the wrong candidate

January 18, 2010

The President comes to town to help his senate candidate, Martha Coakley, and finds, perhaps a bit of a cold reception. The Boston Herald opines: He may have come to town to fight for his agenda, but there is a growing body of evidence that his agenda – on health care, on energy, even on [...]

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The Boston Herald endorses a Republican?

January 12, 2010

Surely that had to be a joke. But no, it’s true. There’s a real chance that Scott Brown could win the Massachusetts Senate special election on January 19th. Let’s hope that he can.

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Ted Kennedy passes on

August 26, 2009

Senator Edward M. Kennedy passed away yesterday. The New York Times talks about his last few months: But the senator’s condition took a turn Tuesday night and a priest — the Rev. Patrick Tarrant of Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville, Mass. — was called to his bedside. Mr. Kennedy spent his last hours [...]

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Massachusetts: More stupid firearms laws

May 30, 2009

Massachusetts is at it again with more stupid firearms laws – laws that will do nothing to impact crime at all. While there are many things that I miss about living in New England – I am certainly not missing the idiotic “anti-crime” measures that the Massachusetts legislature attempts to pull off. I’m quite happy [...]

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