Efficiency is in the eye of the beholder
State Auditor, Suzanne Bump, wrote a very interesting op-ed the other day that deserves wide dissemination and discussion. Teaching public administration requires constantly grappling with the...
View ArticleWelfare Recipients: Dead and Loving it
It is all but unanimous in the media and among Democrats and Republicans alike: the dead welfare recipients scandal detailed by State Auditor Suzanne Bump is big, very big, huge in fact, so...
View ArticleHow Did Jacoby’s Sunday Column Get into Print?
As someone who loves newspapers I grieve over the economic stress that has led to closings and layoffs. I can only suppose that such pressures have decimated the editorial staff of the Boston Globe, or...
View ArticleMassachusetts political scuttlebutt skews male
The scuttlebutt about 2014 is fairly typically heavy with males. Massachusetts does not have a great record of electing women to high office but 2010 might have been a turning point. Then a record...
View ArticleJeff McCormick: Two Places at One Time?
Recently the Boston Globe ran a story detailing how Independent candidate for governor Jeffrey McCormick either did or did not play fast and loose to avoid or not avoid income and capital gains taxes...
View ArticleOur Stubborn Governor
The ongoing controversy over Governor Patrick’s handling of the problems at the state’s Department of Children and Families helps provide some political science insight into the running of...
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