EDITORIAL
Attacking native ancestry is a no-win strategyWhile on Beacon Hill, Scott Brown co-chaired the Legislature's Metco caucus and supported minority-owned businesses. The Boston coordinator of his first U.S. Senate campaign was Robert Fortes Jr., whose family has deep ties in the black community. After the 2010 election, Brown met with black ministers. More » |
OPINION
Why Trump and the Birthers Won't Go AwayPresident Obama was indeed prophetic when he said at a press conference a year ago that his release of his long-form birth certificate would not convince countless numbers of anti-Obama skeptics that he was a bona fide American. Nearly a year after the president called it right on the bogus issue, the Public Policy Polling survey of GOP voters in Georgia, Tennessee, and more troubling, Ohio -- because it's the key battleground state -- found that more than one-third of GOP voters still didn't believe he was born in the U.S. More » |
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Lets rethink city council districtsWhile Mr. Kevin Peterson's intentions are noble and pragmatic ("Growing diversity demands dramatic redistricting reform," Bay State Banner, May 31, 2012), I believe his thinking is off-base and borderline dangerous. More » |
