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Lucas: Baltimore bridge catastrophe complicates Cape projects
It is good that Gov. Maura Healey, in the wake of the deadly bridge collapse in Baltimore, assured Massachusetts residents that the bridges in the Commonwealth are inspected and safe.
Lucas: Duffer-in-chief showdown
Donald Trump should challenge Joe Biden to a round of golf instead, eighteen holes, head-to-head, match play, mano a mano, winner take all — or almost all.
Lucas: Where has all the swagger gone in Mass. politics?
The last Boston politician with swagger was the late Mayor Kevin White (1968-1984) and he didn’t need a stick.
Lucas: General disaster: Testimony on Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal too little, too late
A U.S. general out of uniform is like an actor without a job. That is one takeaway from the appearance of the top two U.S. generals, now retired, who oversaw...
Lucas: Taking aim at Biden’s tall tales
Examples of Biden’s fantasies are tales of him being “appointed” to the U.S. Naval Academy, his arrest in South Africa when he tried to visit a jailed Nelson Mandela, and...
Lucas: On the heels of the elusive Maura Healey
The governor takes a public elevator with other people to the corridor outside her office where, like Joe Biden on the tarmac, she sometimes takes questions. Her privacy is limited....
Lucas: Biden’s bizarre interview with Robert Hur when the president made car sounds
Lucas: The transcript of Joe Biden's interview with Robert Hur includes tales about Biden's vintage Corvette, which the president imitated by making car noises.
Lucas: Milton hates mandates, who likes them?
Mandating communities to build multifamily housing in their neighborhoods against their will is a replay of forced school busing of the 1970s. And like forced busing in Boston, it is...
Lucas: Biden rebrands as energetic candidate
With renewed stamina, Biden is liable to be throwing a football around the beach at his summer home in Rehoboth, Del. the way the Kennedys used to do at the...
Lucas: Bad bet: Former Rep. David Nangle says no time for cuts in the fight against problem gambling
If David Nangle of Lowell were still a prominent member of the Massachusetts House, he would advise Gov. Maura Healey to restore cuts she made in the state’s fund help...