As you know last Wednesday night Charlie Baker and Martha Coakley were asked when they had last cried or if they cried. I’m not sure of the exact wording of the question but it related to crying. Charlie Baker announced in a faltering voice that he may not be able to get through the story…

Sometimes when you think people can’t become any crasser or fake then a deluge happens that throws you for a loop. That’s what happened this week. It was topped off by Shelley Murphy’s story in the Globe about the taping of the Mafia induction ceremony which was brought about by FBI Agent John Connolly. She…

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….