EDITORIAL
Gov. Patrick: A vote for humanityMassachusetts citizens will experience a novel circumstance at the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 2. They will have the opportunity to cast a self-affirming vote for governor. Often the choice is between tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum. But now the two candidates leading in the polls, Gov. Deval Patrick and Charles Baker, have expressed two divergent political philosophies. More » |
OPINION
Obama plays the race card, and there's nothing wrong with thatPresident Barack Obama will play the race card when he needs to play it. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. He shouted to a crowd at Bowie State University in Maryland not to make him look bad. The pitch to black voters is to get out in November and vote like your life depends on it. That means voting to save a slew of endangered congressional Democrats. More » |
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Potential harm of upcoming ballot questionsThere has been much debate about how best to reform our state's education system, but we all agree on the main goal: We want every child in the state to have the opportunity to learn in safe schools with well prepared teachers. Our shared belief in the value of a good education has produced an education system that is among the best in the country. More » |
