Mass. State Politics
It was a real pleasure to welcome Jim Stergios to the WRKO studio tonight. Jim is the Executive Director of the Pioneer Institute for Public Policy. Pioneer Institute is an independent, non-partisan, privately funded research organization that seeks to improve the quality of life in Massachusetts through civic discourse and intellectually rigorous, data-driven public policy […]
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Definition of SCHADENFREUDE: enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others Virtually every aspect of our culture is overwrought with Shadenfreude this month, from sports and entertainment to our beloved world of politics, both state and national. Let’s review, shall we, 1.) Need I say more? 2.) Anthony Weiner’s A Dick The only good news for […]
What a pleasure to meet Dan Winslow. You’ll search long and hard to find someone on Beacon Hill with a more impressive resume. At the local level, Dan has served as a Town Moderator and on the Planning Board in Norfolk for 15 years, he’s served as a judge at the Wrentham District Court and […]
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What a great way to start the show last night with a surprise call from Scott in the truck! Yes, U.S. Senator Scott Brown gave us a call as he was driving home last evening. Good to see that Washington DC hasn’t changed him, because over the past six years, when he was simply State […]
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Last night we welcomed for the first time to Pundit Review Radio Governor’s Councillor Mary Ellen Manning. The Governor’s Council is one of those institutions that we hear about from time to time, usually when something awful happens, but what they actually do is not very well understood by the public. We started by asking […]
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Christen Varley, president of the Greater Boston Tea Party, joined me tonight to talk about their 3rd annual Tax Day Rally in Boston Common coming up April 15 at 4pm. Former MN governor Tim Pawlenty will be the featured speaker. We covered a lot of ground, about her own road to action, to the Tea […]
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I half jokingly referred to our discussion of Massachusetts politics in the first hour of the program last night as the Kubler-Ross edition of the show. The Kubler-Ross model, commonly known as the five stages of grief, include denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. That’s what it felt like for me this week. DR Tucker […]
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