Author: MassCommons

It is, at least in this little corner of God’s creation, a lovely late-summer Friday afternoon:  sunny but not too hot, a light breeze with puffy clouds scattered across the sky.  The weekend forecast is for more...

So remember a couple of weeks ago when the Romney campaign’s brain trust decided it would be a good idea to stop talking about the faltering economy and start talking about welfare reform? Because it would be a great...

Mitt Romney lies.  He lies often.  He lies badly.  He lies repeatedly.  He lies even when it’s been pointed out to him that he’s lying. We’re not talking your standard...

William Galston and William Saletan are thoughtful, centrist-oriented policy wonks.  Galston is a professor at the University of Maryland, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and worked for Al Gore, Bill Clinton...

So let me see if I have this right: The Romney campaign began to spread the word about new VP pick Paul Ryan last Friday evening, traditionally the time for campaigns to release embarrassing finance reports and other bad news....