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So Mayor Tom Menino has gone on to his reward. An amazing man who was able to hold on to a political job that used to be highly contested for five terms or twenty years. He was active right up until the penultimate hour traveling about as he publicized out his autobiography, “Mayor for a…

The Book Black Mass had as a subtitle “The Irish Mob, the FBI, and the Devil Deal.”  The Devil Deal was the relationship between the FBI and its Top Echelon Informants (TEIs). The mob I assumed was the Winter Hill Gang (WHG). The FBI had TEIs in the Mafia but I don’t think that the…

The United States Supreme Court and other judges have shown me the way. You know I support Martha Coakley. You also know some of the things she has done over the past have not particularly endeared me to her. I know some of you feel the same way. But we have to put that aside….

As you know I stay out of politics. I did tip my toe into it with an article before the primary based on a conversation with my son: Martha, Maura and My Son. I had no intention of doing another one. But here it is and my motivations for doing it will be explained as I…

“Ludicrous,” any fair thinking person with a smidgen of knowledge of the facts and characters involved in the murder of John Callahan would respond if asked whether John Connolly had any role in his murder. Unfortunately, there is so much false information out there by willful media people, who have duped others who relied on…

The Mayor of Savin Hill he was often called back when I ran into him outside the Statehouse. I’m not sure if he still has that name because the present mayor of Boston Marty Walsh is from Savin Hill, but back then there was no doubt he was the political boss of that area. His…