Howie’s Columns

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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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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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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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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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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Is it too late now for me to get my selfie with the fake Indian? How am I going to get her to autograph my copy of “Pow Wow Chow?” When does Bailey the wonder dog go back to…
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Comrade Chris Matthews will probably best be remembered for his all-too-revealing description of his reaction to an early Obama speech: “I felt this thrill going up my leg, I don’t…
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Phil Brown of West Roxbury, a retired Boston Water & Sewer Commission worker, died Thursday on his 68th birthday. He is survived by his large extended family, and this is from…
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Bernie Sanders is coming to town. You know, like Santa Claus. And like Santa Claus, he’s bringing, or at least promising, lots and lots of free stuff, and it doesn’t even matter if…
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RINO Gov. Charlie “Tall Deval” Baker has three priorities this year: Dump Trump.Jack up the state gas tax by 17 cents a gallon, without a vote by either the Legislature or the…
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