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 […]
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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It’s time to declare independence from dependence on government, markets and tech
Happy holiday to all Massterlistians! Just wondering: if Jerry Seinfeld can create a new holiday for laughs, why can’t we add a new wrinkle to Independence Day? For lack of a less awkward term, let’s call it Outdependence Day, a moment – perhaps late on the 4th, after one too many beers, or on the […]
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Tax-cap overrides could be on chopping block in Massachusetts cities, towns where local aid lacks
Keller at Large on MASSterList · Tax-cap overrides could be on chopping block in Massachusetts cities, towns where local aid lacks NEWS ITEM: Marblehead voters reject $2.47 million Proposition 2 1/2 tax-cap override, 53-47%, forcing cuts in school, police and public works budgets. Whoa. By Prop. 2 1/2 override standards, that’s a landslide. Double-whoa, it’s […]
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Does Beacon Hill really need a special commission to study proteins?
Keller at Large on MASSterList · Does Beacon Hill really need a special commission to study proteins? Things are going pretty well for Massachusetts these days, but we’re Bostonians. We know how it works. One minute, you’re winning the World Series. The next, you can’t seriously call what you play Major League Baseball. Some of […]
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Massachusetts Teachers Union wants to abolish MCAS, leaving no accountability measure
Keller at Large on MASSterList · Massachusetts Teachers Union wants to abolish MCAS, leaving no accountability measure Thirty years is a long time. Back in 1993, the World Wide Web was in its infancy. The European Union was a newborn. Don Ameche and Frank Zappa passed away. (Were those two ever photographed together?) Closer to […]
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Gov. Maura Healey shy to point fingers in $2.5 billion blame game on erroneous jobless claim payouts
No one likes having to clean the previous passenger’s mess off their seat in the gubernatorial Uber
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Millennials fleeing Massachusetts for cheaper living as lawmakers stall on tax cuts
Proverb alert: adversity makes strange bedfellows.
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Rachael Rollins’ indifference to Justice Department regulations is nothing new for local politicians
What makes decent, smart politicians do indecent, stupid things?
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Boston redistricting brouhaha reveals cracks between city council, mayor
Payback is not a legal principle…
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Gov. Maura Healey says revenue drop ‘not unexpected,’ but are we buying it?
It is, after all, a “previously understood exposure”