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Rediscover Alice's Restaurant in Stockbridge, Massachusetts Feb. 23, 2020
By Steve Bergsman From the 1950s through the 1960s, as folk music evolved into folk-rock and beatnik... Read More
It's Time for Elizabeth Warren to Fold Up Her Teepee and Exit the Race Feb. 14, 2020
After dismal performances in both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire Democratic primary, placin... Read More
An Establishment in Panic Feb. 14, 2020
From the day he entered the race, Joe Biden was the great hope of the Democratic establishment to sp... Read More
We've Cut Too Deep Feb. 10, 2020
"Same knife cut the sheep cut the goat" —Cajun singer Horace Trahan, from the song of the same... Read More
Why Elizabeth Warren Is Not So Electable Jan. 12, 2020
The most important consideration for Democratic primary voters this year is not which candidate woul... Read More
Christmas Spice Nov. 11, 2019
I write columns about politics, and about governing, and about Pres. Donald Trump, who is politics b... Read More
Joe Kennedy for Senate. Not. Aug. 31, 2019
Ed Markey, the progressive senator from Massachusetts, is — to most people's surprise — ... Read More
Where I Live: Fall River, MA, Home of Lizzie Borden Mar. 25, 2019
I live in Fall River, Massachusetts, a blood clot of abandoned mills and tenement houses. There are ... Read More
The Thorny Problem of Finding Who's to Blame for Drug Overdoses Feb. 08, 2019
As prescription and illicit opioid overdose deaths continue to rise in the United States, lawsuits a... Read More
The Massachusetts Curse Jan. 05, 2019
Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts became the first 2020 Democratic White House challenger to an... Read More
Armed Guards Among the Jews Dec. 03, 2018
Tonight, a month or so after the shootings at a synagogue in Pennsylvania (remember those? I didn't ... Read More
A Puritan Cloud Over Pelosi's Blue House Nov. 21, 2018
WASHINGTON — Our pilgrims feast falls on Nov. 22, the dark date of President Kennedy's noonday... Read More
You Can't Choose Your Relatives Nov. 03, 2018
George Mitchell, a former federal judge and Senate majority leader, was the chief negotiator of the ... Read More
Say a Prayer for Fall River Oct. 22, 2018
In Fall River, Massachusetts, the red brick and gray granite perpetually poor city of 90,000 where I... Read More
Safe Drinking Water Should Be a Priority for Trump Aug. 31, 2018
There's nothing more important than public health. As such, President Donald Trump must make good on... Read More
JFK: When the Light Went Out of the Sky Nov. 22, 2017
SANTA MONICA — Nov. 22 will always be a day the heavens are hung in black. John F. Kennedy wa... Read More
No, Roy Moore, God Won't Solve Our Problems Nov. 19, 2017
Roy Moore's die-hard supporters have shown a vast capacity to accept his denials as a procession of ... Read More
Here's a Tip Oct. 09, 2017
Dispatches from America these days tend to be either soaked in tragedy or soaked in Trump, which mea... Read More
Death Penalty for Tsarnaev Hurts Boston May. 19, 2015
Why was 21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sentenced to die in a state so generally opposed to capital pu... Read More
Progressives Don't Need Washington All That Much Nov. 06, 2014
The Republican takeover of the Senate majority really shouldn't matter much to progressives. Even wh... Read More
