Howie’s Columns

Sometimes when something really bad used to happen at the State House, I would ask the late Bob Crane why anyone would do something that stupid, and he always had the same answer:…
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I loved Bob Crane. He was the state treasurer for 26 years, and in the 27 years since he left office, there have been five state treasurers, mostly because they all had big egos,…
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Finally, an awards show I’m interested in – the first annual Fake News Awards, to be unveiled Monday at 5 p.m. by President Donald J. Trump at the White House. Will there be a…
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As of 3:12 yesterday afternoon, Willard Mitt Romney’s “geotag” on Twitter was “Massachusetts.” By 5:45, it had been changed to “Holladay, Utah.” It seems pretty clear where this…
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As 2018 begins, Donald Trump seems to channeling Theodore Roosevelt. TR famously said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick,” which Trump only half believes – the big stick part.…
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Predictions for 2018? Here they are, courtesy of that mysterious visitor from the East, the all-knowing, all-seeing, all-telling, all-omniscient seer, sage, soothsayer and occasional…
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2017 may have started out as the year of the celebrity perv, but now it ends as the year of rehab – which is where all celebrity pervs go to escape the wrath of their victims. Just…
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Has the left ever met a bloodthirsty Muslim terrorist that they didn’t want to give a big hug and a wet kiss to? C’mon down, Akayed Ullah, the New York Port Authority bus terminal…
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I told you so. Just 12 days ago, the headline above my column read: “Al Franken sign-off likely fake news.” And now, just as I predicted, right on schedule, with the special…
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