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Commentary

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.