Election 2014The GOP Stumbles On Minority Outreach (Again)With 2016 campaign jockeying well underway, the Republican missteps of the past week may loom large.Mar 10, 2015The Future Of Third Party Politics In MassachusettsHe lost the governor's race, but his United Independent Party won legitimacy. Now, Evan Falchuk sizes up the stakes and the chances for a third party's success in Massachusetts politics....Dec 8, 2014The Curse Of The Massachusetts Attorney General’s OfficeWhy is it that a Massachusetts attorney general seeking higher office hasn't won in nearly half a century?Nov 13, 2014The People Haven't Spoken: Debunking Election HyperboleRepublicans did not win, and Democrats did not lose because that’s what America willed, or wanted, or wished. Stop using those phrases. Stop using that language. Instead, let’s look at...Nov 12, 2014Why Scott Brown Lost The New Hampshire Senate RaceA pragmatic electorate in an independent-minded state rejected the peripatetic Republican candidate's corporate-funded attempt to nationalize the race. Nov 5, 2014AdvertisementWhat The Outcome Of The Governor’s Race Says About Massachusetts VotersThe electorate demonstrated its capacity to discern between individual candidates and partisanship. Nov 5, 2014Jimmy Tingle's 5 Cents? Update The Bottle BillI’m supporting the expanded Bottle Bill to include plastic water bottles and sports drinks, because it’s good for the environment, saves energy and puts money back into the pockets of...Nov 3, 2014Charlie Baker's Fish TaleIn this week's gubernatorial debate, the Republican candidate tearfully re-recounted the story of a struggling -- and, apparently, impossible to find -- fisherman.Oct 31, 2014With A Week To Go, Is Coakley Leaning Too Heavily On The Mass. Democratic 'Machine'?The Coakley campaign betrayed its anxiety in recent days when it resorted to blaming pollsters and the media for survey results that don’t support its narrative.Oct 28, 2014Casinos: A Losing Bet For MassachusettsWe have a chance in our state to invest in a declining industry that will harm our economy, reduce property values, kill more jobs than it adds, lower incomes, injure...Oct 27, 2014Yo, Canada: Take Off, Eh? Defending America Against The Red Maple MenaceAs America leads the world into a golden age of globalization, jobs and capital cross borders in nanoseconds. Enter the Canadians, with their crippling, last century ideas of 'universal' health...Oct 21, 2014Making Them Choose: Life Without Paid Sick Leave In MassachusettsMassachusetts workers without sick leave are forced into impossible situations in which they must choose between their job and the health of their families.Oct 14, 2014Charlie Baker’s Hypocrisy On Child WelfareIt takes no small measure of nerve for a public official with a record of callous indifference to the plight of abused and neglected children to impugn the commitment of...Resume08:30Oct 8, 2014In The Race For Massachusetts Governor, Victory May Be In The DetailsBaker’s camp has dared the other side to engage in debate and to get specific. The electorate will soon find out if the Coakley campaign accepts the challenge.Sep 24, 2014What Martha Coakley And Charlie Baker Need To Do To WinIt’s unwise to sell the Commonwealth’s voters short. They have 56 days to demand specific answers from their candidates on critical issues, and they are smart enough to change the...Sep 10, 2014Eric Cantor's Loss: A Perfect Storm Warning For GOPThe House majority leader was felled in his Republican primary this week. And the Grand Old Party sees more clouds ahead. Jun 13, 2014For Democrats, Things Look Daunting: A Midterm Status UpdateRecent polls have President Obama's approval ratings hovering around 40 percent -- a new low. What does it mean for Democrats in November's midterm elections?May 7, 2014When It Comes To Charter Schools, What’s The Matter With Massachusetts?It’s time for introspection in the land of Kennedys and Romneys: Are public unions acting against the public interest? Mar 28, 2014Debt Ceiling: The GOP's Accidental StrategyCongressional Republicans managed to avoid the threat of default, while most of its members were still able to vote against raising the debt ceiling.Feb 18, 20146 Narratives That Will Shape Politics In 2014Midterm elections, NSA surveillance, Scott Brown in New Hampshire and other stories John Sivolella says could define the political landscape.Dec 20, 2013Next Page
The GOP Stumbles On Minority Outreach (Again)With 2016 campaign jockeying well underway, the Republican missteps of the past week may loom large.Mar 10, 2015
The Future Of Third Party Politics In MassachusettsHe lost the governor's race, but his United Independent Party won legitimacy. Now, Evan Falchuk sizes up the stakes and the chances for a third party's success in Massachusetts politics....Dec 8, 2014
The Curse Of The Massachusetts Attorney General’s OfficeWhy is it that a Massachusetts attorney general seeking higher office hasn't won in nearly half a century?Nov 13, 2014
The People Haven't Spoken: Debunking Election HyperboleRepublicans did not win, and Democrats did not lose because that’s what America willed, or wanted, or wished. Stop using those phrases. Stop using that language. Instead, let’s look at...Nov 12, 2014
Why Scott Brown Lost The New Hampshire Senate RaceA pragmatic electorate in an independent-minded state rejected the peripatetic Republican candidate's corporate-funded attempt to nationalize the race. Nov 5, 2014
What The Outcome Of The Governor’s Race Says About Massachusetts VotersThe electorate demonstrated its capacity to discern between individual candidates and partisanship. Nov 5, 2014
Jimmy Tingle's 5 Cents? Update The Bottle BillI’m supporting the expanded Bottle Bill to include plastic water bottles and sports drinks, because it’s good for the environment, saves energy and puts money back into the pockets of...Nov 3, 2014
Charlie Baker's Fish TaleIn this week's gubernatorial debate, the Republican candidate tearfully re-recounted the story of a struggling -- and, apparently, impossible to find -- fisherman.Oct 31, 2014
With A Week To Go, Is Coakley Leaning Too Heavily On The Mass. Democratic 'Machine'?The Coakley campaign betrayed its anxiety in recent days when it resorted to blaming pollsters and the media for survey results that don’t support its narrative.Oct 28, 2014
Casinos: A Losing Bet For MassachusettsWe have a chance in our state to invest in a declining industry that will harm our economy, reduce property values, kill more jobs than it adds, lower incomes, injure...Oct 27, 2014
Yo, Canada: Take Off, Eh? Defending America Against The Red Maple MenaceAs America leads the world into a golden age of globalization, jobs and capital cross borders in nanoseconds. Enter the Canadians, with their crippling, last century ideas of 'universal' health...Oct 21, 2014
Making Them Choose: Life Without Paid Sick Leave In MassachusettsMassachusetts workers without sick leave are forced into impossible situations in which they must choose between their job and the health of their families.Oct 14, 2014
Charlie Baker’s Hypocrisy On Child WelfareIt takes no small measure of nerve for a public official with a record of callous indifference to the plight of abused and neglected children to impugn the commitment of...Resume08:30Oct 8, 2014
In The Race For Massachusetts Governor, Victory May Be In The DetailsBaker’s camp has dared the other side to engage in debate and to get specific. The electorate will soon find out if the Coakley campaign accepts the challenge.Sep 24, 2014
What Martha Coakley And Charlie Baker Need To Do To WinIt’s unwise to sell the Commonwealth’s voters short. They have 56 days to demand specific answers from their candidates on critical issues, and they are smart enough to change the...Sep 10, 2014
Eric Cantor's Loss: A Perfect Storm Warning For GOPThe House majority leader was felled in his Republican primary this week. And the Grand Old Party sees more clouds ahead. Jun 13, 2014
For Democrats, Things Look Daunting: A Midterm Status UpdateRecent polls have President Obama's approval ratings hovering around 40 percent -- a new low. What does it mean for Democrats in November's midterm elections?May 7, 2014
When It Comes To Charter Schools, What’s The Matter With Massachusetts?It’s time for introspection in the land of Kennedys and Romneys: Are public unions acting against the public interest? Mar 28, 2014
Debt Ceiling: The GOP's Accidental StrategyCongressional Republicans managed to avoid the threat of default, while most of its members were still able to vote against raising the debt ceiling.Feb 18, 2014
6 Narratives That Will Shape Politics In 2014Midterm elections, NSA surveillance, Scott Brown in New Hampshire and other stories John Sivolella says could define the political landscape.Dec 20, 2013