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Jon Keller
Jon Keller has been reporting and commenting on local politics since 1978. A graduate of Brandeis University, he worked in radio as a producer and talk-show host before moving into print journalism at The Tab newspapers and the Boston Phoenix. Freelance credits include the Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Boston Magazine, the New Republic and the Washington Post. Since 1991 his "Keller At Large" commentaries and interviews have been a fixture on Boston TV, first on WLVI-TV and, since 2005, on WBZ-TV. He is a 12-time Emmy Award winner for political reporting and commentary. He began his Massterlist column in March 2020.
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For 2024 ballot questions, it all comes down to trust
If it’s red-hot races for elective office that float your boat, the 2024 Massachusetts election looks like a year in drydock.
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Oppenheimer, The Big Dig, and other lords of unintended consequences
“Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” – J. Robert Oppenheimer, paraphrasing the Bhagavad Gita Oops. Who would have ever imagined that Oppenheimer’s clever invention, history’s most destructive weapon, might proliferate in the hands of bureaucrats and warmongers? Reading the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer,” the […]
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Keller: ‘Vague’ bill seeking to deter book bans won’t stop lawsuits
The legal system was never supposed to be a legislative body. But the balance of power is out of balance.
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Keller: A rebuke for a former GOP candidate’s half-baked critique
Turn off the computer and seek help
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Keller: Gloomy future for the Mass. G.O.P.
No money. No message. No unity. No candidates.
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Keller: Channeling Trump makes New Hampshire gubernatorial hopeful Kelly Ayotte a ‘fake’ candidate
“Fake news”? Try fake candidate
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We (in Massachusetts) envy you not, New Hampshire and Kelly Ayotte
For gawd’s sake, Granite Staters – give it a freakin’ rest!
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Is Massachusetts House Speaker mum, surprised or smart on tax cuts?
Who doesn’t love a surprise party? Maybe House Speaker Ron Mariano, who might have had his fill the past year. Remember last July when then-Gov. Charlie Baker rocked Mariano with the tax rebate news? The speaker took heat from his right for even speculating about a quickie repeal of the rebate law, then from his […]
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Rep. Seth Moulton defends funding for veterans, abortions for troops
Keller at Large on MASSterList · Rep. Seth Moulton defends funding for veterans, abortions for troops Independence Day celebration season, moron style, featured the trashing of beaches in Falmouth and Dennis by hammered twenty-somethings with the sense of task and purpose of a skid mark. Once they get done paying for the vandalism and apologizing […]