Boston So Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic candidate for Ted Kennedy’s former Senate seat in Massachusetts, is not an Indian — just a plagiarist. The bloodlines aren’t “faint”; they’re nonexistent. You may still hear that her claim to be one-thirty-secon...
‘Like the Seminole, Navajo, Kickapoo . . . I’m an Indian, too,” wrote Irving Berlin for his Broadway classic “Annie Get Your Gun.” Maybe Elizabeth Warren should adopt the ditty as her campaign theme song. Last week didn’t go well for the hard-left icon a...
Elizabeth Warren is the Harvard law professor running for Senate in Massachusetts as a Democratic populist-progressive champion. But don’t call her “Elizabeth Warren.” Call her “Pinocchio-hontas,” “Running Joke” or “Sacaja-whiner.” Warren has claimed que...
Boston There’s a reason why most would-be politicians start by running for lesser offices, as Massachusetts Democrats are finding to their chagrin this spring, as their anointed US Senate candidate springs one unpleasant surprise after another. Elizabeth...
BOSTON — Anyone running for anything shy of the marathon in Boston needs to know William “Touchie” McDonough, a low-key pub owner from the south side who stands sentry for much of local politics. Before he bought a 100-year-old bar on East Eighth Street ...
For at least six straight years during Warren's tenure, Harvard University reported in federally mandated diversity statistics that it had a Native American woman in its senior ranks at the law school. According to both Harvard officials and federal guid...
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and U.S. Sen. Scott Brown publicly support each other and even share key advisers. But on many topics, from foreign policy to social issues, the Massachusetts Republicans take very different positions. Romney o...
BOSTON – Massachusetts Republicans Mitt Romney and Scott Brown have a history of supporting each other throughout their political careers. But with each facing a tough election, neither the presidential candidate nor the U.S. senator is playing up that h...
Why is the country debating gay marriage right now? The deficit is out of control. The economy is stuck in neutral. Incomes are flat. Unemployment is stubbornly high. Europe is on the brink of collapse. The Middle East is on the brink of war. So why are ...
By Jennifer Levitz A 1997 Fordham Law Review article described Democratic Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren as Harvard Law School's "first woman of color," saying in footnotes that the information was based on a 1996 telephone interview with a Harvard spok...
Washington, D.C., is the perfect backdrop for a commedia dell’arte production, which requires the actors to wear masks, keep their identity fluid and wreak havoc. Sen. Scott Brown arrives in the Capitol via the Senate subway for votes on the Food and Dru...
File photo | Associated PressSen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., addresses the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce in Boston, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. Brown called for government to focus on creating a better business environment. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) The financ...
Those studying the hotly contested Massachusetts race for U.S. Senate might ask themselves why Republican Sen. Scott Brown continually resorts to smear tactics versus his opponent, Elizabeth Warren. These tactics deflect attention from real issues, such ...
There's been a lot of drama in the Scott Brown vs. Elizabeth Warren race this month, and the latest data from Suffolk University finds the race remains too close to call: Republican incumbent Scott Brown (48 percent) clings to a one-point lead over Democ...
Despite continued controversy over Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren’s use of her Native American ancestry, Warren has actually gained ground on U.S. Senator Scott Brown, and the Massachusetts Senate race is a dead heat, according to a Suffolk...
