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Opinion
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Right To Repair Is A Threat To Innovation
June 10, 2012After five years and millions of dollars spent on advertisements and lobbyists, proponents of "Right to Repair" still can't answer the serious questions or explain the concerns about their effort in Massachusetts.
June 10, 2012
Manufacturing’s New Mass. Momentum
May 29, 2012The continuing public perception that Worcester’s manufacturing sector is in decline was once again corrected in another recent economic study issued in April by the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program.
May 29, 2012
Natick Site, Devens Key For U.S., Mass.
May 29, 2012Collectively, military bases and defense and aerospace industries generate more than 120,000 jobs in the commonwealth.
May 29, 2012
Common Sense To Lower Health Costs
May 11, 2012The national discourse on health care reform has been a long time coming.
May 11, 2012
Repeal The Tax On Medical Devices
May 11, 2012In 2009, as the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act was taking shape, two schools of thought on how to pay for the unprecedented health care reforms were floating around Congress.
May 11, 2012- Viewpoint
How Court Ruling On Health Care Might Affect Mass. Firms
April 16, 2012Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court heard three days of oral arguments about the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
April 16, 2012 - Viewpoint
The Uncertainty Of Economic Data
April 16, 2012As though it's not difficult enough to divine what the future holds when making policy or business decisions, it's sometimes just as difficult to know what has happened in the past.
April 16, 2012 Mass. Needs Sick-Leave Mandate
April 2, 2012Regarding the March 19 article (Page One), "Sick-Leave Mandate Stirs III Wind": For the nearly 1 million Massachusetts workers and their families, proper health care is largely out of reach.
April 2, 2012
ViewpointHands Off Community Colleges
April 2, 2012Why is it that the natural impulse in Massachusetts -- to solve any problem -- is to create a bigger bureaucracy? The recent call to centralize the budgets, curriculum and oversight of the state's community colleges is a prime example.
April 2, 2012
ViewpointRegulatory Reforms Need Business Input
April 2, 2012You don't have to look far to find a business group complaining of government regulation or a politician promising to fix it. Usually, the fixes never come and the complaints never stop.
April 2, 2012
OpinionIran's Threat To The Dollar
March 19, 2012As Iran prepares to celebrate its greatest holiday of the year March 20, it also celebrates the end of the dollar as an acceptable currency for payment of its oil. Essentially, it will look toward other currencies and commodities.
March 19, 2012
OpinionMass. Needs A Meals Tax Holiday
March 19, 2012It's been more than a year since I worked to file a bill that would create a state "meals tax holiday." This holiday would last six days in March, a slow month for restaurants, and does not include their busiest day, Saturday.
March 19, 2012
OPINIONTime To Update The Bottle Bill
September 12, 2011This year, the Legislature is considering an update to our container deposit system, adding beverages like bottled water, sports drinks, and juice drinks.
September 12, 2011
OPINIONHow Massachusetts Gets It Right
September 12, 2011In late August, right after the July state job figures came out, I received a call from a TV news reporter in northern California.
September 12, 2011
