Yeah, it’s shocking and appalling that James F. Stokes of Lawrence would fake a military discharge record. Read all about it here. It’s shocking and appalling that he’d go so far as to put his claim to be a veteran of the U.S. Marines on the ballot when he ran for School Committee. It’s shocking [...]
Posted in Ken Johnson, Presidential race on Dec 26th, 2007 View Comments
Did you see the Hillary Clinton Christmas ad? It was the absolute worst of all the candidates’ holiday messages — but it illustrates a flaw in all the candidates, one that is destroying American politics. In the ad, Hillary is sitting by the Christmas tree, putting the finishing touches on her presents. There’s one labeled [...]
Posted in Municipal meltdown, Nelson Benton on Dec 13th, 2007 View Comments
Want to know why people aren’t willing to pay more in property taxes, and may vote to eliminate the income tax if given the chance? Today’s story from the Gloucester Daily Times says it all. Read it here.
Posted in Presidential race, Taylor Armerding on Dec 13th, 2007 View Comments
Sen. Hillary Clinton doesn’t believe in the politics of personal destruction? Gag me with a joint. She wrote the book on it – on how to do it and not look like you’re doing it. With Sen. Barack Obama closing, or even leading, as the endless campaigning mercifully closes in on the Iowa caucuses and [...]
Posted in Nelson Benton, Presidential race on Dec 11th, 2007 View Comments
New polls by CNN and the New York Times show both Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee gaining ground on their opponents in the Democratic and Republican presidential contests respectively. Ironically, the former has one of the least developed records on which to run, while the latter was a virtual unknown outside his home state of [...]
The predictable pushback is well under way in behalf of Superior Court Judge Kathe Tuttman, of Andover, who famously removed a $50,000 bail placed on Daniel Tavares, who had served 16 years in prison for murdering his mother but was now facing more recent charges of assaulting prison guards. Tavares promptly fled to Washington state [...]
Posted in Ken Johnson on Dec 5th, 2007 View Comments
A National Intelligence Estimate released this week declares with “high confidence” that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003. The Left immediately seized on this report as proof that George W. Bush is a warmongering nogoodnik eager to invade yet another innocent nation. Four observations are worth making here. 1. What on earth is [...]
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