Writings by Topic: Congress and congressional politics
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| Fix the filibuster by bringing it back |
Arguable |
October 1, 2024 |
| A chance to bring term limits back to life |
The Boston Globe |
June 30, 2024 |
| Cuba's indomitable heroine |
Arguable |
March 5, 2024 |
| Seiji Ozawa's love for America |
Arguable |
February 13, 2024 |
| No time to go wobbly on Ukraine |
The Boston Globe |
December 17, 2023 |
| The schoolboy and the Gadsden flag |
Arguable |
September 5, 2023 |
| Resign, Dianne, Resign |
Arguable |
May 9, 2023 |
| Republicans passed a debt-limit bill. What are Democrats waiting for? |
The Boston Globe |
May 8, 2023 |
| The case for term limits is as strong as ever |
The Boston Globe |
January 11, 2023 |
| Patton's prayer |
Arguable |
December 6, 2022 |
| Congress can attack inflation — if it chooses to |
The Boston Globe |
November 30, 2022 |
| The election's biggest winner? Incumbency. |
The Boston Globe |
November 10, 2022 |
| There's a term for senators like Kyrsten Sinema |
The Boston Globe |
January 26, 2022 |
| The filibuster has been bad, but repealing it would be worse |
The Boston Globe |
January 9, 2022 |
| The Massachusetts redistricting battle is more evidence that Congress is too small |
The Boston Globe |
November 14, 2021 |
| Supersize the House |
The Boston Globe |
April 11, 2021 |
| This is no time to bring back earmarks |
The Boston Globe |
March 21, 2021 |
| Congress goes after forced labor, and big business objects |
The Boston Globe |
December 6, 2020 |
| Is English grammar racist? |
Arguable |
July 27, 2020 |
| The Constitution says no to DC statehood |
The Boston Globe |
June 21, 2020 |
| More impeachments, please |
The Boston Globe |
February 9, 2020 |
| To make Congress better, make it (a lot) bigger |
The Boston Globe |
December 22, 2019 |
| Lindsey Graham and the impeachment pearl-clutchers |
The Boston Globe |
December 18, 2019 |
| Statehood for DC? That's a nonstarter |
The Boston Globe |
August 11, 2019 |
| Don't dump the filibuster — restore it to its former glory |
The Boston Globe |
April 14, 2019 |
| Three cheers for congressional gridlock |
The Boston Globe |
November 14, 2018 |
| Collins falsely cries 'bribery!' in crowdfunded political theater |
The Boston Globe |
September 19, 2018 |
| Why is a great Senate office building named for a modern racist? |
The Boston Globe |
August 29, 2018 |
| From child refugee to Green Beret — to Congress? |
The Boston Globe |
August 19, 2018 |
| Want to fire your congressman? There's a fund for that |
The Boston Globe |
May 20, 2018 |
| Abusive gerrymandering can be stopped, but not by judges |
The Boston Globe |
October 4, 2017 |
| A chance for Congress to get its mojo back |
The Boston Globe |
September 10, 2017 |
| Don't nuke the filibuster — restore it |
The Boston Globe |
April 5, 2017 |
| Gorsuch says judges aren't 'secret legislators'. Actually, they legislate all the time |
The Boston Globe |
March 22, 2017 |
| What Obamacare's drafters could have learned from a hairdresser |
The Boston Globe |
February 15, 2017 |
| Congress unleashes the Furies, but never at itself |
The Boston Globe |
October 9, 2016 |
| State of the Union spectacle would appall Thomas Jefferson |
The Boston Globe |
January 10, 2016 |
| Justices don't belong at the State of the Union pep rally |
The Boston Globe |
January 11, 2015 |
| Don't count on an election-day tsunami |
The Boston Globe |
September 14, 2014 |
| Compromise with Republicans, don't demonize them |
The Boston Globe |
October 9, 2013 |
| There oughta be a law? Don't be so sure |
The Boston Globe |
July 28, 2013 |
| Lynch's vote showed backbone |
The Boston Globe |
March 24, 2013 |
| Incumbents forever |
The Boston Globe |
November 18, 2012 |
| Facebook's expatriate and the Senate's demagogues |
The Boston Globe |
June 3, 2012 |
| 'Dysfunctional' government is a feature, not a bug |
The Boston Globe |
December 25, 2011 |
| Frank's sneering insults won't be missed |
The Boston Globe |
December 4, 2011 |
| How big should the House be? |
NRO's Bench Memos |
December 29, 2010 |
| Is it time for the House to expand? |
Weekly Standard |
December 27, 2010 |
| A House poorly divided |
The Boston Globe |
December 26, 2010 |
| The GOP gets a second chance |
The Boston Globe |
November 7, 2010 |
| Fannie, Freddie, Frank, and fiction |
The Boston Globe |
October 20, 2010 |
| The man out to topple Barney Frank |
The Boston Globe |
September 8, 2010 |
| Support for Israel runs on party lines |
The Boston Globe |
April 11, 2010 |
| A blessing in disguise |
The Boston Globe |
January 20, 2010 |
| Blame Obama for the bluest state's blues |
The Boston Globe |
January 17, 2010 |
| Anybody but Coakley or Capuano |
The Boston Globe |
November 25, 2009 |
| How to build a better House |
The Boston Globe |
November 8, 2009 |
| Clunker Q&A |
The Boston Globe |
August 26, 2009 |
| Power to the people |
The Boston Globe |
February 20, 2005 |
| The gerrymandering scandal |
The Boston Globe |
August 5, 2004 |
| Why we need a bigger House |
The Boston Globe |
February 15, 1999 |
| Term limits turncoats |
The Boston Globe |
January 21, 1999 |
| The case against censure |
The Boston Globe |
December 17, 1998 |
| In the 8th District, it makes no difference who wins |
The Boston Globe |
September 10, 1998 |
| Rx for the House: Enlarge it |
The Boston Globe |
February 18, 1997 |
| The sky didn't fall on black congressional candidates |
The Boston Globe |
November 21, 1996 |
| Rejoice, conservatives: You carried the day |
The Boston Globe |
November 7, 1996 |
| Moakley doesn't know when to quit |
The Boston Globe |
October 31, 1996 |
| A GOP dive on term limits? |
The Boston Globe |
March 14, 1995 |
| In the 9th district, a fine candidate going nowhere |
The Boston Globe |
November 1, 1994 |
| The House is unrepresentative |
The Boston Globe |
March 22, 1994 |
| Once in a while, it's really true: Opposites attract |
The Boston Herald |
May 10, 1993 |
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