Or maybe the title should be “borne back ceaselessly into the past”. News reaches us that the Boston Convention Center Authority is looking to double its size, but ” they don’t know how much the project would cost or how it would be paid for” (from...

As noted here last week, the Wall Street Journal opinion piece by Harvard Medical School dean Jeffrey S. Flier was going to be important. Set aside for a moment the procedural vote on Saturday by the US Senate and consider the multiple references to...

So, I’ve heard about the increase in Americans seeking expensive surgery abroad but today’s Wall Street Journal coverage of Dr. Shetty’s 1000-bed cardiac hospital in Bangalore, India was absolutely fascinating reading:...

UPDATE BELOW What’s Route 28X? It was MassDOT’s attempt to turn the sloooow Route 28 bus route up Blue Hill Avenue into a Bus Rapid Transit Route. Sadly, it died due to neighborhood opposition – it appears 3 things felled it: 1) Lack of...

I continue to be amazed by the the fact that Jessie Jackson still has a voice the mainstream media is willing to broadcast.  In his most recent bout with verbal incontinence, Jackson apparently attacked Representative Davis (D-AL) for being the lone...