Martingevans
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Outsourcing Plans at the MBTA
Wishful Thinking at the MBTA For over 15 years, the MBTA has subcontracted its Commuter Raile Service to private companies. It is generally viewed that the... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2016 SELF EXPRESSION -
Date: November 7th., 2005Published in the New York Times ...
Date: November 7th., 2005Published in the New York Times Your columnist Paul Krugman (Pride, Prejudice, Insurance, November 7th. 2005, page A 25) is correct in... Read more
Posted on 05 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION -
DeLeo's Betrayal of the Public on Term Limits
The Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives did a disservice to Democrats and democracy yesterday. By scheduling a vote on ending the Speaker's... Read more
Posted on 30 January 2015 SELF EXPRESSION -
Process Versus Content in Education
Mr. Beall (Letter, New York Times, Jan 21st. 2015: A18) claims that "the capacity for creative invention and entrepreneurship (grit), not the ability to memoriz... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2015 SELF EXPRESSION -
The Attorney General and the Rule of Law
Date: Dec 30 2004 Sent to but not published in New York Times Andrew Rosenthal (op ed, December 30th 2004) has it right. The nomination of Alberto Gonzales to... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
The Globe Editors Must Have a Very Short Memory. In the d...
The Globe Editors must have a very short memory. In the dim and distant part, an attractive Republican with known managerial experience and progressive social... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
Ceo Compensation
The best way to close the divide between CEO pay and that of ordinary workers (Efforts to regulate CEO pay gain traction. Boston Globe, October 25th., 2014.... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
The Next War: Financing
Linda Bilmes is right -- we do not have a game plan for the financing of the next war on evil. We need one. I would suggest a surcharge of ten percent on all... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
CEO Compensation
Mr Sirota (letters, October 8th. 2014) links two things that do not need to be linked at all. The first is the pressing need for the public sector to afford... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
Governors Race 2014
So Martha Coakley and Charlie Baker are running neck to neck in the latest polls. We Massachusetts liberals need to beg the President to do two things: --... Read more
Posted on 26 September 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
GovernorLt. GovernorAttorney GeneralTreasurerAuditorSecre...
GovernorLt. GovernorAttorney GeneralTreasurerAuditorSecretary of State Governor -- Democrat First NameLast NameAmount of Money in ElectionsPublic Funding of... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
Adjunct Facukty
There is a role for adjuncts in the academic community. When the University's local environment contains a person with a special expertise. Read more
Posted on 01 August 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
GMO Labeling
is not only about Science (GMO labeling bill lacks a scientific justification. Boston Globe, July 30, 2014: A10). It is also about economics. Efficient markets... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
Illinois Personal Assistant Case
The Supreme Court in its recent decision,, affirms that " no person in this country may be compelled to subsidize speech by a third party. However, there was... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
In Favor of an Anti-Lying Law
I disagree with Tom Keane that forbidding a lie has no place in politics (Boston Globe, June 22, 2014. I sympathize that some hyperbole and exaggeration are... Read more
Posted on 24 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
In Massachusetts, Politics Trumps Science
Representative Capuano and Senator Warren should be ashamed. The scientific consensus was that the MIT fusion lab was less effective than the two other fusion... Read more
Posted on 10 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
Flaws in Obamacase
Mr. Sununu is right. Obamacare is flawed (Obsmacare fail isn't the site --it's the law. Boston Globe, November 25, 2013).The flaws are due to the compromises... Read more
Posted on 27 November 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Fixing Social Security
I am a progressive but I do not take a hard line about making changes in Social Security. I just object strongly to the changes that the President has proposed... Read more
Posted on 23 November 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Failed Tax Incentives
Boston Globe letterThey cut it way back.This was my original:I rarely agree with Mr. Jacoby, but his column today was right on the money (The bitter pill of... Read more
Posted on 20 November 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
There is a Role for Adjuncts in the Academic Community. W...
There is a role for adjuncts in the academic community. When the University's local environment contains a person with a special expertise. Read more
Posted on 15 November 2013 SELF EXPRESSION