Howie’s Columns

This is the way the Russian collusion hoax ends, like the famous T.S. Eliot poem, not with a bang but a whimper. So Robert Mueller thinks the current president is named “Trimp,” and…
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Not too many politicians get recorded on tape taking a $25,000 cash bribe from an undercover FBI agent at the State House – and then beat the rap in federal court, twice. Not too…
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What happens in Revere, stays in Revere. At least until you get arrested, at which time whatever “it” is moves to Chelsea, specifically Chelsea District Court. That’s the…
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“Keep a lid on things.” That’s the motto of the administration of Gov. Charlie Baker, we have learned this week. Given the relentless drumbeat of scandals – MBTA, RMV, DCF, State…
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Ted Kennedy might have become president – Richard Nixon certainly thought the runt of the litter was going to be the Democrat nominee against him in 1972. But the Kennedys’ dream of…
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It’s fascinating to watch a politician go from Teflon to Velcro before your very eyes. Just ask Gov. Charlie Baker – Tall Deval. Maybe he’s still at the top of those polls that…
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Did anyone ever see ex-Sen. Richard Moore and Hollywood director Alfred Hitchcock in the same room? I hadn’t thought about Hitch lookalike Moore for years until yesterday morning,…
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https://soundcloud.com/howiecarr/chappaquiddick-the-50th-anniversary/s-lfVcO In the summer of 1969, U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy found himself in the worst scandal of his…
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It’s amazing that Eva “Liz” McDonough even made it to the age of 62, although she did, just barely. But she only lasted 19 days past her birthday, and this morning at 11 there’s a…
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Joe Biden has many problems right now, not the least of which is his surviving son, Hunter Biden, or as I now refer to him, Hunter S. Biden. This new moniker is of course in homage…
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