Howie’s Columns

Is there any more pathetic governor than John Kasich? Actually, now that I think about it: maybe one, Gov. Charlie “Tall Deval” Baker. They do have a couple of things in common.…
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Are you tired of working for a living? Have you been dreaming of grabbing one of those six-figure no-heavy-lifting hack state jobs behind which comes the obscenely bloated pension,…
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Is Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook still planning to run for president in 2020? No, I didn’t think so. But what a difference a year or so makes. Remember his “listening tour” to Iowa?…
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Which branch of the Massachusetts legislature is more corrupt – the House or the Senate? It’s a tough question, like asking which cop shop is more bent – the Mass. State Police or…
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Reforms? We don’t need no stinkin’ reforms of the Massachusetts State Police? What we need is prosecutions, not to mention prison sentences for theft, and also, if possible, for mail…
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So the producer of the new film about Ted Kennedy’s Chappaquiddick scandal says some “very powerful people” tried to kill his movie. What a surprise – NOT! “Unfortunately,” Byron…
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Nick Rizzo was a good source, and he was apparently an even better – or should I say worse – embezzler? In one way or another, he stole almost $4 million from the campaign accounts…
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And now, the latest inductee into the State House Alcohol of Fame: Sen. Michael Brady, D-Joe Angelo’s Café in Brockton. Brady got a bad ice cube on his way home Friday night. He was…
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If a regular citizen gets in trouble, he gets arrested, or indicted, and maybe he might even end up in prison. But if a state trooper gets jammed up, he’s allowed to walk away…
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Book reviews aren’t nearly as important as they used to be in the publishing industry for moving product, with one exception. A plug by the president of the United States. Which…
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