The United States Government presented as a witness in the trial of a retired FBI agent John Connolly for corruption one Francis X. Salemme, also known as Frank Salemme. The federal prosecutors used him as a witness against the Agent Connolly even though they knew he had been arrested by the agent in New York…
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Tom Yawkey is to Red Sox John Henry as Barack Obama is to Donald Trump
Both John Henry of the Red Sox and Donald Trump of the presidency are cut from the same cloth. They are, we are told, business men. Some people like business men. Others look at them with a more jaundiced eye. But they do have a common characteristic: they like to hate people and they like…
The Brouhaha Over Yawkey Way – Will It Spread to Lee County?
Well as we’ve seen in the past the Boston Globe is pursuing another vendetta. This time against the former owner of the Boston Red Sox Tom Yawkey and his wife Jean (Hollander) Yawkey who owned the Red Sox for about sixty year. A street next to the park where the Red Sox play their home…
MLB’s Last Gasp: The Passing of the Favorite Pasttime
It’s Good Friday. I suppose this isn’t the time to talk about politics or criminals. So perhaps we should discuss a little bit of sports. I read an article the other day in the Boston Globe about J.D. Martinez. He apparently is one of the Boston Red Sox new players. They say that a few…
Putting America First is Consigning It To Last
The dearth of watchable programs among the 847 television channels on my television during most of the time drives me to Book TV on C-SPAN2 on weekends where authors present talks on their books. Earlier this month author Benn Steil talked about his recent book “The Marshall Plan, Dawn of the Cold War.” It was…
The Reason Trump Is In Love With Putin: Here’s What I Think
I mentioned yesterday that in trying to unravel Trump’s love affair with Putin we can eliminate compromat. No matter what Russia possessed to attempt to compromise Trump it would have no bearing on his presidency. He has the Republican Party solidly in his corner and while they control Congress he is as safe as a…