James P. Freeman

James P. Freeman is a former columnist with The Cape Cod Times. He writes on public policy, finance and culture, with a focus on greater-New England. His work has also appeared in The Cape Codder, The Providence Journal and newenglanddiary.com.

Items by James P. Freeman

Conservative Millennials Are Waging the Wrong Wars. Here’s Why 

April 13, 2018, 21:07 EDT

A Deval Patrick Presidential Run in 2020 A Gift for the GOP 

March 10, 2018, 13:08 EST

Beth Lindstrom:  Curling Towards GOP Victory

February 26, 2018, 13:52 EST

Gina Raimondo: Rhode Island’s Little Engine That Can

January 30, 2018, 21:14 EST

Bitcoin’s Fantasy

December 31, 2017, 22:24 EST

‘Jingle All the Way’: The War on Christmas Began in Boston. And Continues in Boston

December 23, 2017, 19:17 EST

The Year 2017: ‘Out, Out Brief Candle!’

December 14, 2017, 13:03 EST

Why the Feds Should De-Fang the Ticketmaster Monster, and How An Insider Can Help

December 9, 2017, 21:54 EST

Taylor Swift and Ticketmaster Are Coming To Get You

December 2, 2017, 17:08 EST

Democrats Are the Beneficiaries of the Weinstein Scandal. ‘Identitarianism’ Returns 

November 28, 2017, 14:03 EST

Talk of Mayor Marty Walsh Going National is Prematurely Foolish

November 21, 2017, 15:28 EST

The Rise of Thought Leaders Like Bono and Trump (Yes, Trump)

November 15, 2017, 14:42 EST

Mark, Misfits, and Malcontents at MSNBC:  ‘This is Who We Are’ 

November 1, 2017, 9:59 EDT

Twenty Questions for Beth Lindstrom and John Kingston

October 28, 2017, 12:39 EDT

Why Opioid Solutions Are Emerging from the Private Sector 

October 20, 2017, 6:29 EDT

Why Are Tuesdays Big Opioid Overdose Days on Cape Cod?

October 12, 2017, 5:53 EDT

The Agony and Defeat of Entertainment and Sports Political Network

October 2, 2017, 12:49 EDT

Baker and Trump Actually Share One Attribute:  ‘Nixonian Habits’

September 18, 2017, 8:05 EDT

This Summer, Progressive Culture Has Trumped Conservative Politics

September 8, 2017, 8:51 EDT

Why Conservatives Should Watch More MTV

September 1, 2017, 11:13 EDT

Boston Stood for Suppression of Free Speech and Free Press

August 23, 2017, 16:31 EDT

How Geoff Diehl’s Conservative Crusade Will Lead to the U.S. Senate

August 21, 2017, 20:02 EDT

When Boston Progressives Abandoned Diversity 

August 9, 2017, 21:07 EDT

Will Trump Use The Espionage Act Against Journalists?

August 4, 2017, 16:19 EDT

‘Overstored’ and Overwhelmed, Let Retail Perish

July 29, 2017, 11:20 EDT

Today’s Banks Resemble Zuzu’s Petals (Break Them Up) 

July 11, 2017, 16:58 EDT

The Summer of Love: Hippie Culture’s Lasting Legacy

June 21, 2017, 23:23 EDT

Charlie Baker’s Dispiriting Drift Left as Strategic Planning

June 8, 2017, 20:53 EDT

Elizabeth Warren Needs a Version 2.018

May 23, 2017, 10:00 EDT

Providence College Turns 100

May 3, 2017, 13:27 EDT

Student Loans Now Part of Victimhood Culture

April 18, 2017, 11:40 EDT

‘Crumbling Infrastructure’ A Euphemism for ‘Big Government’

April 12, 2017, 7:26 EDT

Guess Who’s Right About Charter Schools?

March 21, 2017, 16:22 EDT

Will Newspapers Go the Way of the Sailboat?

March 1, 2017, 18:00 EST

CPAC’s ‘Laugh-In’

February 28, 2017, 14:21 EST

Boston’s Broadcast News Overload

February 21, 2017, 14:10 EST

Can U2 Save America from Donald Trump?

January 18, 2017, 10:47 EST

Thank You for Being Late… Care to Dance in a Hurricane?

January 11, 2017, 6:28 EST

Baker’s precarious popularity

November 16, 2016, 15:53 EST

The complex Catholic vote

November 11, 2016, 9:23 EST

An old-fashioned election in Maine, thankfully

November 4, 2016, 7:00 EDT

Curt Schilling for Senate, seriously?

October 24, 2016, 12:21 EDT

What happened to Occupy Boston?

September 30, 2016, 13:58 EDT

HoJo’s end and boomer nostalgia

September 13, 2016, 8:45 EDT

‘Can’t find any heroin anymore’

September 1, 2016, 6:42 EDT

Charlie Baker’s quiet revolution

August 16, 2016, 18:18 EDT

GOP, here’s your ‘19th Nervous Breakdown’

July 29, 2016, 6:15 EDT

Government aside, Happy Days still at Arnold’s

July 18, 2016, 6:13 EDT

FOX News: Conservatives’ fickle friend

July 7, 2016, 11:53 EDT

Attorney General Healey should resign

June 24, 2016, 8:55 EDT

The wrecking ball of Romneycare: A retrospective

June 10, 2016, 6:23 EDT

Top 10: A conservative’s summer reading list

May 25, 2016, 6:24 EDT

Will Massachusetts’ diverse economy blunt a looming recession?

May 16, 2016, 6:12 EDT

Why Clinton will choose Deval Patrick as vice president

April 30, 2016, 8:56 EDT

Massachusetts: In debt we trust

April 16, 2016, 0:01 EDT

Will Boston resist New York’s progressive lurch?

March 28, 2016, 6:19 EDT

Michael Dukakis: The last Progressive

March 11, 2016, 6:30 EST

Will Trump learn from Romney’s mistakes?

February 26, 2016, 6:20 EST

New Hampshire’s results as predicted, explained and questioned

February 13, 2016, 7:53 EST

Weather as entertainment

January 28, 2016, 6:48 EST

Baker’s noble restoration of state government

January 14, 2016, 11:33 EST

The Year 2015 and the ‘Peril of Hope’

December 30, 2015, 6:20 EST

The language of the Left

December 2, 2015, 9:52 EST

No to Massachusetts ‘weed greed’

November 12, 2015, 12:13 EST

Patrick Kennedy and the politics of honesty

November 2, 2015, 6:27 EST

A Biden-Patrick ticket as a return to novelty 

October 14, 2015, 6:15 EDT

Pilgrim Nuclear and the paradox of green energy

September 25, 2015, 23:13 EDT

Heroin and heroism

September 10, 2015, 0:01 EDT

Blue state gone purple: Is Massachusetts liberalism in decline?

August 24, 2015, 9:36 EDT

Cape Cod needs third bridge, but who will pay?

August 14, 2015, 7:16 EDT