Author: mtc9393

The First Circuit Court of Appeals decision spells the end of the line for Whitey. It was all a foregone conclusion. No judge in Boston was interested in bringing the circus back into town. I’ve said before that if the jury consisted of the relatives of Whitey’s victims the judges would still have found he had…

He cannot stand it: always the bridesmaid never the bride. The wedding bells are becoming a more faint chime. He’s 68. This is really his last hurrah. In 2002 he came into fickle Massachusetts, where recently Donald Trump got almost 50% of the Republican votes, to run for governor. His opponent in that race was the…

Today Mitt Romney will give a speech. Is he riding to the rescue of the Republican Party by going to do a little bit of a hit job on Donald Trump? Will he offer himself as someone who can replace Trump and bring the party together?. Why at this late date is he even sticking…

I remember when Marty Walsh first got elected. A person who comments here said Walsh better be careful. The Boston Globe has a particular dislike for Irish Catholic politicians who come from the inner city. He pointed to the unfair hit job it did on Attorney General Bob Quinn who came from Savin Hill alleging falsely that…

“mattofboston.com”as you know is the address of this blog.  That trial happened back in 2013 and an appeal is pending so in a sense the trial goes on until the court decides his appeal. But when that happens, the name of the blog will have little meaning. You also know the blog has gone  into…

Ray Flynn former Boston Mayor and Herald Columnist noted that the present pope came out against the death penalty. He wrote: “Francis called for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty, noting that “You shall not kill” was absolute and equally valid for the guilty as it is for the innocent.” Flynn wrote about his…