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Howie Carr

Howie Carr is the New York Times best-selling author of The Brothers Bulger and Hitman, in addition to several other Boston organized-crime books and two novels. He is the host of a New England-wide radio talk-show syndicated to more than 20 stations, and is a member of the Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago.

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Another virus cost: corruption trials join sports on sideline

Howie Carr Apr 1, 2020

Every sports fan is missing some events more than others, whether it’s Opening Day, March Madness, the Boston Marathon, the Masters golf tournament, etc. Me, I’m missing the…
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Governors drunk on power are out of control

Howie Carr Mar 30, 2020

Some of these politicians have become way too intoxicated with this sudden power they’re brandishing like a club over the heads of their fellow citizens — I’m talking about you,…
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While we’re stuck at home, hackerama works the system

Howie Carr Mar 25, 2020

Thousands are being laid off daily in Massachusetts, but at the State House hack hirings continue apace. The courthouses may be pretty much shut down to the public, tax revenues…
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Hackerama shares your pain, but keeps their pay

Howie Carr Mar 23, 2020

When are the layoffs going to begin in the state’s hackeramas like Massport and the University of Massachusetts? I mean, fair’s fair, isn’t it? If sales clerks in strip malls and…
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Armed against coronavirus, literally

Howie Carr Mar 18, 2020

It’s at moments like this when I’m very happy that I own a firearm(s). Let the faint of heart worry about toilet paper, I want to stock up on ammunition. This always happens when…
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Coronavirus, meet your match: Massport hackerama cannot be stopped

Howie Carr Mar 16, 2020

Amidst all the cancellations, suspensions, halts, closures, postponements, dispensations, etc., one hackerama stands unbowed. Coronavirus be damned, the Massachusetts Port Authority…
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Coronavirus killed St. Patrick’s Day breakfast, thankfully

Howie Carr Mar 13, 2020

There are few silver linings to this coronavirus hysteria, but one of them is the cancellation of the annual St. Patrick’s Day breakfast in South Boston. COVID-19 will soon be in…
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It’s time to wake up sleepy Joe Biden

Howie Carr Mar 11, 2020

The next thing the Democrats have to do is get Bolshevik Bernie out of the race — before Sunday, which is when the next debate is scheduled. Sleepy Joe Biden has already been…
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Loophole allows shady staties to grab pensions

Howie Carr Mar 9, 2020

It used to be, stealing high-powered firearms from state armories was a big deal around here. Remember “The Friends of Eddie Coyle,” a great Boston novel made into an even better…
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Charlie Baker’s bad week at the polls

Howie Carr Mar 6, 2020

Gov. Charlie Baker had almost as disastrous a week in Massachusetts politics as the fake Indian. Tall Deval didn’t suffer the national ignominy that Elizabeth Warren endured, but…
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