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Dear friends, As many of you already know, today is my last official day with NewBostonPost. When I agreed to help launch the site in July 2015, I committed to stay through the presidential election of 2016. My goal was to establish NBP's reputation as a credible, conservative
Donald Trump
In February, I wrote a public cautionary note to my liberal friends, warning them to to take Donald Trump seriously and predicting that, if nominated, Trump would beat Hillary Clinton in November. Below is that column. To my liberal friends:
Donald Trump
Ted Cruz's decisive victory in Wisconsin over Donald Trump now makes the possibility of a contested convention, once dismissed as remote by many commentators (myself included), ever more likely. To clinch the Republican nomination, a candidate must obtain a majority of delegates to the Republican National Convention, the
Massachusetts
By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Today, Massachusetts celebrates Patriots' Day. In towns across the commonwealth, crowds will gather for parades of
On Wednesday, I was honored to be included among a small group of conservative leaders and journalists who met with Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, and other Facebook executives about the recent Trending Topics "scandal." For those who have not followed it, the controversy surrounds a May 9 report
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Jason Riley must be suffering from whiplash. This spring, the Wall Street Journal columnist and scholar with the prestigious Manhattan Institute was invited, then disinvited, and now finally re-invited to give a lecture at Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business as part of its Distinguished Lecture series. Why
Blogs
Massachusetts "Technocrats": Better than political hacks Last week's blog post introduced my theory that, in the modern television/internet era, the candidate who is most personally "likable" wins.
Blogs
It's leadership style, stupid! Take off your partisan hats and your ideological glasses for a moment, and think about these presidential contests: