Howie’s Columns

Judge Thomas Estes is the poster boy for the Massachusetts judiciary. It’s damn near impossible to embarrass state judges -- the bust-out flotsam of the legal “profession.” At least 95…
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Stormy Daniels? Read our lips: we don’t care. Tonight’s the night that the former porn “star” will be appearing on 60 Minutes to reveal what we already knew, that she had a, gasp,…
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The word of the day is “unfettered.” That’s the kind of discretion Hampden Superior Court Judge David Ricciardone said he wanted when he was first nominated for a hack state judgeship…
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Now it turns out that State Trooper Leigha Genduso was breaking even more rules, in addition to the perjury, drug dealing, money laundering and income tax evasion that she admitted to…
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After so many scandals in such a short time, the Massachusetts State Police are finally figuring out how to get ahead of the bad-news curve. So yesterday they held a press conference,…
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Have you noticed that the more we pay our state legislators, the dumber they get? The latest example is Rep. Michelle DuBois, D-Brockton, who this week complained that somehow, the…
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For the record, I’m pretty sure I was the first person in the media to demand that Sen. Elizabeth Warren take a DNA test. Here’s a column of mine from April 18, 2014, which began:…
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Boy, are the Kennedys going to hate this new movie about Teddy. The title of the movie: “Chappaquiddick.” What more does America’s First Family need to know before they start booing…
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So Barack Obama is in talks with Netflix, the New York Times reports, “to produce a series of high-profile shows that will provide him a global platform after his departure” from…
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What exactly has Charlie Baker accomplished as governor? I’ll wait for your answer. There’s no rush. We’ve got all day. While you’re thinking, can I mention a few, a very few, of his…
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