Political Media: Reader Beware
We can learn a lot about politics from news stories and commentary but we can also be misled at times by poor framing and illogical arguments. There are a couple of good examples from recent pieces on...
View ArticlePolitical Science Explains the News
Recent news stories remind me how much political science can add to understanding (or prevent misunderstanding) of what goes on in politics. So here goes: Sorry Tagg Romney, your dad Mitt Romney wasn’t...
View ArticleThe “Slow Learners” List is Growing.
I’m going to have to add Globe correspondent Tom Keane to my “slow Learners” list. In his Globe op-ed Keane writes, “Scott Brown undoubtedly had a gloomy Thanksgiving; he had, after all, just lost to...
View ArticleJeff Jacoby is an Embarrassment
Jacoby, a conservative Boston Globe columnist, has once again shown himself to be a mindless right wing apologist. Last week, he argued that liberals were “idiots” for liking Hugo Chavez. Today, he...
View ArticleProfessorU writes a letter to the editor
In response to the Globe’s series, Broken City, Professor Ubertaccio wrote the following letter to the editor that was published on Sunday: “THE GLOBE’S excellent series, “Broken City,” opens an...
View ArticleFrom the Archive: How Did Jacoby’s Sunday Column Get into Print?
Shhhh, don’t tell Professors Duquette and Ubertaccio, but I’m away for end of summer. but I’ve left behind a few of my favorite columns, especially about transitional assistance fraud. Actually I think...
View ArticleBoston Globe: Unfair to Labor?
When I posted Marty Walsh and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Unions the other day I left the impression that the media had cast labor as a baleful presence dragging down the Boston mayoral...
View ArticleGomez Still Not Ready for Primetime
Gabriel Gomez’s recent outburst at conservative activists included the following line: “[T]he level of ignorance and intolerance exhibited by them and their small ‘Klan’ are an embarrassment to our...
View ArticleThe 15% Rule and Vibrant Political Parties
In today’s Boston Globe Professor Ubertaccio and Professor Cunningham publish an op-ed arguing that the 15-percent rule at party caucuses contributes to democracy. The profs bolster their conclusion...
View ArticleShould Coakley Cancel Her Globe Subscription?
This could be the week that Martha Coakley cancels her subscription to the Boston Globe. Last Friday as literally thousands of Massachusetts’ six million residents awaited the Democratic Party...
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