In a closely guarded move, the Justice Department has been trying to persuade imprisoned former FBI agent John Connolly to tell all about his dealings with Whitey Bulger, the notorious murderer whom Connolly and other FBI agents protected in exchange for vital information about the North End Mafia and the Somerville Winter Hill Gang. Connolly… Continue reading

Yesterday’s vote by the UMass trustees supporting the university’s president in his battle with Gov. Mitt Romney and the state’s highest ranking law enforcement official is far from over, given the escalating campaign by Massachusetts’ two leading newspapers to oust him. Today’s devastating column by Howie Carr of the Boston Herald is a warm up… Continue reading

Victor Davis Hanson asks: What should the U.S. do now? “Keep quieter and carry a far bigger stick. Methodically and politely transfer, redeploy, and reduce troops from countries that have opposed our efforts of the past two years or whose populations simply profess no overt support for the United States. Seek real friends — the… Continue reading

The on-going controversy in Boston’s print media over UMass President William M. Bulger’s fitness to continiue to head Massachusetts’ sprawling higher education system won’t abate until Bulger himself and the UMass board of directors recognize the damage that has been done—fairly or unfairly—to the UMass image. Leading the charge against the former president of the… Continue reading

Peter Jones of the Spectator, quoting George Orwell on the continuing decline of plain English: “slovenly language and slovenly thinking begin to feed off and reinforce each other: ‘[English] becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.’ ” If… Continue reading