It goes without saying the rabid partisanship is bad politicking. Fervent ideologues that refuse to consider other points of view and demonize opponents deserve bad reputations. All should agree that when Preston Brooks beat Charles Sumner with a cane on the floor of the Senate in 1856, democracy suffered. However, calls for bipartisanship often ignore [...]

Last Monday, Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts announced at Newton City Hall that he would not seek reelection in 2012. Redistricting seems to be the biggest reason for this announcement. The new voting district adds 325,000 new constituents, which would entail more campaigning and increased fundraising. However, despite the redistricting, Democrats still expect to win [...]

Dashing hopes, yet hardly coming as a surprise, the bipartisan Congressional ‘supercommittee’ last week admitted its failure to agree on how to cut $1.2 trillion out of the federal budget over the next 10 years. Because of their inability to come to a consensus, the issue of budget cuts is pushed back until after 2012’s [...]

The recent announcement that the NBA lockout has come to an end brought sighs of relief and exclamations of excitement from players, owners, and fans alike.  The lockout began nearly five months ago on July 1, 2011.  For a while, it seemed as if the owners and players were never going to find common ground [...]

For the first time since 1999 the Boston College football team will not end its season in a bowl game. With this being the case, the Eagles could not have picked a better way to end their season than they did over the Thanksgiving holiday in Miami. Coach Spaziani led the Eagles into Florida and [...]

In a December 1st Rasmussen Reports poll, Newt Gingrich soared to first place with 38%, and Mitt Romney fell to second place with 17%.  Many other polls show similar trends: Gingrich is soaring, Romney descending.  Could Newt Gingrich be the next President? I think so.  From the very beginning of the race, he spoke with [...]

As the clock ran out on a cold Thursday night, the Boston College Eagles lost more than just a game againstFloridaState. By dropping the contest by a score of 38-7, the Eagles fell to a record of 2-7, including a 1-5 mark in conference play. This ensures that the Eagles can finish no better than [...]

As a child, the holiday season is arguably the most exciting time of the year.  Only birthdays and the last day of school come close to matching that sense of bottled anticipation.  The only people that reap the benefits of Christmas more than children are the chief executives of major retail stores who prey on [...]

Although much of the media still presents Mitt Romney as the most likely Republican Presidential nominee, that outcome remains uncertain.  At nearly every single debate, Romney’s flaw of flip-flops consistently reappears. For example, last Wednesday, when Republicans met for a debate in Michigan, the usual Romney flip-flop issue resurfaced when the moderator contrasted his previous [...]

The current tax code is confusing, complex, and unfair; anyone who today files taxes can attest that. Every American adult is subject to a mountain of paperwork that takes a trained professional to truly understand. Moreover, the tax code is rife with loopholes that give special deals that favor specific actions. Luckily, several proposals to [...]