The truth behind Obama’s sliding approval rating
By Marc Levy
Published: August 27, 2010
Neither pollsters nor top news sources acknowledge that the plunge in the president’s popularity results from more than a lingering recession — namely an extreme and unprecedented split of a rabid far right and disappointed progressives.
Analysis: Report on Gates arrest seems hobbled by restrictions
By Marc Levy
Published: June 30, 2010
Reading the final report on the Gates arrest raises the question of whether a restriction on investigating that specific incident hobbled the panel’s dozen members. The report lacks in some striking ways.
For whatever reason, Cantabrigians vote Ronald McDonald can retire
By Marc Levy
Published: June 6, 2010
The campaign to disappear Ronald McDonald was outside Porter Square Books on Friday, with workers saying their work collecting signatures for a petition was a success. Of course it was.
Opinion: Galluccio should be sent back to house arrest
By Marc Levy
Published: May 22, 2010
Anthony Galluccio, the former state senator, mayor and city councillor from Cambridge, is getting no breaks. Last week he was denied early release from the Billerica House of Correction. He probably shouldn’t be there at all.
Toomey: Gaming bill is responsible, beneficial
By admin
Published: April 20, 2010
State Rep. Tim Toomey, a Democrat representing Cambridge and Somerville in the 26th Middlesex District — he is also a Cambridge city councillor — released a statement Tuesday on why he voted in favor during a House of Representatives vote on state gambling.
For tea partyers, every day is taxing
By Marc Levy
Published: April 15, 2010
For most of the country, it’s tax day, and the Tea Party Express took its show to Washington, D.C., to play on citizens’ dislike for both. Tea party people find it incomprehensible that there are those who don’t mind paying taxes, but we’re out there.
Link: Cantabrigian wanders library, finds it empty
By admin
Published: March 16, 2010
Blogger Martha Nichols has a critical look at the Cambridge Main Library featured at slate.com.
Taking tangled paths to uncertain destinations
By Marc Levy
Published: March 8, 2010
Does Cambridge have a predisposition to doing things the hard way? Some recent news items suggest it does.
Editorial: How to not elect a mayor
By admin
Published: February 27, 2010
Many times during the eight weeks it took to elect a mayor city councillors said some variation of “This is our system. The system works.” They weren’t saying that at the end of the process, and for good reason.
Phrasing let attorney close file on Chronicle open-records request
By Marc Levy
Published: January 30, 2010
Over the summer, the editor of the Cambridge Chronicle asked for city police log information, including some crime addresses, and was told some outrageous thing. That is, they’re outrageous if you’re not a lawyer.
