Editorials

Bailing out the bailout
Thursday, November 20 There is still sentiment for a bailout of the Big Three automakers in Washington — just as long as someone else takes Full Story

The malpractice mess
Wednesday, November 19
A Massachusetts Medical Society report released Monday asserting that defensive medicine on the part of physicians fearing lawsuits is adding a shocking $1.4 billion to annual health care costs in the state is the latest argument for malpractice reform. 
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Agenda-free ethics reform
Wednesday, November 19
The proposed ethics rule changes offered by two House Democrats Monday are welcome, even though their motivation is suspect.  
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Since the SJC decision
Tuesday, November 18
Five years ago today, the State Supreme Judicial Court handed down its historic decision allowing same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, and dire predictions to the contrary, the state has not been shaken to its roots.  
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Election Day extended
Monday, November 17
Election junkies suffering withdrawal since November 4 can still get a fix for the next few weeks. 
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A bailout with teeth
Sunday, November 16 Congressional Democrats this week will push for bailout legislation for American automakers, the latest struggling industry Full Story

Surviving the meltdown
Saturday, November 15
Because the Berkshires were hit some years ago by the economic problems the nation is now experiencing, the region is in some ways prepared for the current downturn.  
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Trouble in the House
Friday, November 14
The controversy over House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi's possible involvement in the awarding of a state software contract to three business associates has escalated to the point where it threatens to complicate the House's ability to address the complex economic problems that imperil the state.  
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A church in flames
Thursday, November 13
The arson fire that struck Springfield's predominantly black Macedonia Church of God in Christ may have had nothing to do with the election of Barack Obama as president, but the fact that it burned to the ground about three hours after his acceptance speech in the wee hours of last Wednesday morning raises the understandable suspicion that this was a hate crime. 
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Smoke gets in your heart
Thursday, November 13
The ban on smoking in virtually all bars, restaurants and workplaces in Massachusetts has long-term health benefits that are beyond dispute, and to them can now be added tangible short-term benefits.  
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Patrick's road reforms
Wednesday, November 12
The devil is in the details, of course, but Governor Patrick's proposal to introduce legislation in January dismantling the troubled Massachusetts Turnpike Authority is hugely welcome.  
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A long-ago war and its memorial
Wednesday, November 12
World War I is receding into the mists of history, and Pittsfield's 82-year-old Veterans' Memorial off South Street is suffering from the ravages of time as well. Neither should be allowed to happen. 
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Veterans Day '08
Tuesday, November 11
The Iraq War that dominated the national elections of 2006 was overshadowed by concerns about the economy in last week's vote. 
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Good vibes of 'Woodstock'
Tuesday, November 11
"Taking Woodstock," the Ang Lee motion picture that was filmed in New Lebanon, New York for three months this late summer and early fall, is gone, leaving behind good vibes and more tangible benefits. 
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A matter of time
Monday, November 10
It is one of the sad ironies of the 2008 election that while millions of Americans were conclusively turning the page on our bitter history of prejudice and hatred, voters were denying their friends, relatives and neighbors the right to live their family lives as they see fit. 
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