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Where Occupy can go from here: to Spare Change
By Marc Levy
Published: December 9, 2011
With an eviction notice hanging for Occupy Boston’s Camp Dewey and the future of the movement in flux, here’s a suggestion for a way forward that could benefit literally everyone.
Child labor laws outmoded, Gingrich says, but Occupy gets the press
By Marc Levy
Published: November 21, 2011
The antics of the Occupy movement apparently crowds out a Republican suggestion to rethink child labor laws.
The American Dream: An Update
By Paul Steven Stone
Published: November 10, 2011
Last time I saw the American Dream was Tuesday, down at the unemployment office. He was looking pretty worn out, as if being unemployed for over a year was finally getting to him.
What this election is about
By Marc Levy
Published: November 8, 2011
The balance of power between the City Council and city manager is out of whack. Even councillors say so. But if that changes soon, are current councillors able to handle more power?
Who to vote for this year (some suggestions)
By Marc Levy
Published: November 6, 2011
Cambridge voters are lucky to have a strong field of challengers they can elect this year, which will help keep the City Council and School Committee full of new ideas and energy. There are also some remarkable incumbents.
Who not to vote for this year
By Marc Levy
Published: November 4, 2011
What should be a crucial moment in our November elections, and voters’ decisions at the polls, arrived all the way back on Aug. 1 and passed almost entirely unnoticed.
Council consistency loses its virtue when applied to developers
By Marc Levy
Published: November 2, 2011
Whatever you think of the City Council’s approach to the big apartment complexes that keep popping up over the city, threatening to overrun neighborhoods with renters and cars, think back a year and you’ll have to admit it’s weird.
Three changes for the next City Council to consider
By Marc Levy
Published: October 31, 2011
A City Council committee just for national and world issues? A different system for voting? A no-deals law for affordable housing? Here are some suggestions for the winners in voting Nov. 8.
Buchanan: Keep Americans out of America!
By Marc Levy
Published: October 24, 2011
Pat Buchanan’s sad, racist book “Suicide of a Superpower” has trouble understanding history, let alone demographics or politics.
Why conservatives’ Occupy Boston outrage falls flat
By Marc Levy
Published: October 16, 2011
Conservatives are filled with righteous — er, self-righteous — indignation over the fact that Occupy Boston’s presence in Boston’s Dewey Square meant a Saturday fundraiser for the poor had to be canceled.