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DAVID S. BERNSTEIN

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Lobbyists will spend again next year

Money for nothing
The Massachusetts legislature wrapped up its 2005–’06 session without taking action on auto-insurance reform — which is good news for the Massachusetts economy, because the lobbyists will be back spending more money on the issue next session.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  August 09, 2006

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Spin city

The BPD is using its online presence not to inform citizens but to demonize them. Just ask the kids whose birthday party the cops busted up in roxbury a few weeks ago
Mayor Tom Menino and the brass at the Boston Police Department (BPD) would have you believe they are actively improving communication between cops and city residents.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  August 02, 2006

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Gagging Baran’s lawyers — for justice or politics?

First amendment
It took a lot of loud lawyering to finally, after 21 years, get some measure of justice for Bernard Baran, who was convicted in 1985 of molesting children at a day care center and won the right to a retrial in June.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  August 02, 2006

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A Handy Guide to the Big Dig Screw-Up

Who was watching out for the integrity of the work on the Big Dig? Everyone and no one    
As people try to sort out responsibility for the fiasco that led to the death of Milena Del Valle in the I-90 connector tunnel, you might have a hard time keeping the players straight.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  July 27, 2006

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Counting homicide’s toll in potential years

Lives lost
In 2004, homicide was just the 24th leading cause of death in Massachusetts, but ranked seventh — up two spots from 2003 — in potential years of life lost, depriving victims of a total of 8083 expected years.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  July 26, 2006

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Will Harvard get presidential in ’08?

Crimson pride
As the pool of presidential candidates starts to take shape, some people are looking for leadership, ideas, or experience.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  July 26, 2006

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Housewives desperate for Mitt

Romney watch  
The midyear campaign-finance reports are in, giving us a look at what Mitt Romney’s been getting from all those fundraising trips out of state.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  July 19, 2006

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Healey’s pork problem

With his budget vetoes, Romney may have handed his potential heir an army of small-town enemies
Along with cuts to big, statewide programs, the governor pulled funding for smaller, local projects earmarked for towns from Cape Cod to the Berkshires.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  July 19, 2006

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The Senate does sarcasm

Is that a rhetorical question?
As Republicans used their control of the Senate to waste the month of June on a series of pointless debates — over gay marriage, flag burning, the estate tax, and the like — their Democratic Party colleagues countered with the one tool left in their arsenal: sarcasm.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  July 07, 2006

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The guns of Boston

Why this could be the most bullet-riddled summer in 15 years
More people were murdered in Boston over the past two months than in any May-to-June stretch since 1990.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  July 06, 2006

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Shaking up the ballot

Is it possible to rewrite the rules of Massachusetts politics? A group of progressives thinks so, and they’re putting it to a vote this fall.
Massachusetts liberals — tired of being taken for granted by the entrenched, centrist, business-friendly, mainstream machine of Democratic politics — have a new plan for making themselves heard. A placeholder party: How fusion voting would work. By David S. Bernstein
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  June 28, 2006

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The rich and the petty

Forbes whines, Buffett shines
As it happens, many of America’s wealthiest people, including Warren Buffett and co-philanthropist Bill Gates, want the US to keep the estate tax. But someone must stand up for the Paris Hiltons of this country.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  June 28, 2006

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Netrooting for Dems

Ten blogs to bookmark for the ’08 race
You’ve got to like a blog that organizes topics under the tabs “Corrupt Establishment”, “Incompetent Establishment”, “Braindead Media”, and “Radical Right-Wing Agenda.” How to neuter the Republicans: Can netroots bloggers bring down the GOP? By David S. Bernstein
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  June 22, 2006

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How to neuter the Republicans

Can netroots bloggers bring down the GOP?
A heavy burden lay upon the first convention of the “netroots” — that amorphous mass of progressive activists participating in blogs and grassroots organizations outside of the Democratic Party — in Las Vegas earlier this month. Netrooting for Dems: Ten blogs to bookmark for the ’08 race.   By David S. Bernstein
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  June 21, 2006

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Tenants may pay for a law sneaking through Beacon Hill

You’re getting screwed (yet again )  
If you rent an apartment in Massachusetts, you are about to be screwed — thanks to a stealth, one-sentence piece of legislation.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  June 14, 2006

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Weld: from nominee to defendant?

All’s well that ends Weld
Weld's troubles stemming from the Decker College scandal are far from over.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  June 07, 2006

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Why did the Suffolk DA let Rodrick Taylor go free?

The murder of Dominique Samuels
The Suffolk County DA had repeated chances to lock up murder suspect Rodrick Taylor several years ago, but failed to sentence him to a single day.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  May 30, 2006

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Who’s footing the gov’s latest bills?

Romney watch
Sadly, Mitt Romney’s staff members have cut way back on the use of his gubernatorial-campaign credit card, which had made it easy for us to track their cross-country sojourns.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  May 17, 2006

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Boston road rage ranked

It’s the cow paths, stupid
A national “road rage” survey released Tuesday rates Boston as having the fifth most discourteous drivers in the country.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  May 17, 2006

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O’Toole Go Bragh

What part of “worst homicide squad in America” don’t they understand?
The carnage of the past week and a half has made a gruesome mockery of the Boston Police Department.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  May 10, 2006
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