Writings by Topic: Initiative and Referendum
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Publication |
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| Beacon Hill can't stand it when voters change the law |
The Boston Globe |
March 8, 2026 |
| Speaker Mariano has a problem with voters |
The Boston Globe |
August 13, 2025 |
| One columnist's ballot guide: Yes on 1. No on 2, 3, 4, and 5. |
The Boston Globe |
October 13, 2024 |
| RIP, CLT |
The Boston Globe |
November 16, 2022 |
| What the Yes on Question 1 and No on Question 4 campaigns have in common |
The Boston Globe |
November 6, 2022 |
| Millionaires tax is unwise and unworthy |
The Boston Globe |
July 27, 2022 |
| Why Beacon Hill resents ballot activists |
The Boston Globe |
October 17, 2021 |
| A jewel in the crown of California's democracy |
The Boston Globe |
May 2, 2021 |
| Were California voters confused? |
Arguable |
November 9, 2020 |
| On California's ballot, an invitation to legalize discrimination |
The Boston Globe |
October 8, 2020 |
| Ranked choice is the wrong choice |
The Boston Globe |
September 20, 2020 |
| The enemies of Prop 209 |
The Boston Globe |
May 20, 2020 |
| Why the 'excellent' Electoral College is well worth keeping |
The Boston Globe |
March 13, 2019 |
| Three reasons to vote No on Question 3 |
The Boston Globe |
November 4, 2018 |
| The cynical 'millionaires tax' didn't fool the SJC |
The Boston Globe |
June 20, 2018 |
| The misleading case for a millionaires' surtax |
The Boston Globe |
April 11, 2018 |
| If the SJC sticks to precedent, the 'millionaire tax' is going nowhere |
The Boston Globe |
December 13, 2017 |
| An 80% tax surcharge on millionaires? Don't fall for it, voters |
The Boston Globe |
June 21, 2017 |
| Don't raise the charter-school cap. Eliminate it |
The Boston Globe |
November 2, 2016 |
| The happiest of happy warriors |
The Boston Globe |
April 11, 2016 |
| The return of the grad-tax hustle |
The Boston Globe |
July 29, 2015 |
| An unlawful scheme to raise legislators' pay |
The Boston Globe |
December 3, 2014 |
| For casinos — and for repealing the casino law |
The Boston Globe |
September 29, 2014 |
| How political insiders control the ballot |
The Boston Globe |
May 21, 2014 |
| Gay marriage at the ballot box |
The Boston Globe |
November 14, 2012 |
| What would Hippocrates do? |
The Boston Globe |
October 17, 2012 |
| A ban on circumcision? |
The Boston Globe |
May 25, 2011 |
| Signing on the line is a public act |
The Boston Globe |
May 2, 2010 |
| 'Don't call people bigots just because you disagree with them' |
The Boston Globe |
November 11, 2009 |
| Something stinks, but it isn't the voters |
The Boston Globe |
October 18, 2009 |
| A mockery of the rules |
The Boston Globe |
July 9, 2006 |
| The marriage consensus |
The Boston Globe |
November 7, 2004 |
| Will they gut Question 2? |
The Boston Globe |
November 7, 2002 |
| English 101 |
The Boston Globe |
October 3, 2002 |
| Could Massachusetts survive without an income tax? Of course! |
The Boston Globe |
July 31, 2001 |
| A jewel in the crown of American self-government |
The Boston Globe |
June 7, 2001 |
| Ballot initiatives keep democracy on track |
The Boston Globe |
June 5, 2000 |
| Jesse Ventura betrays Minnesota's citizens |
The Boston Globe |
September 23, 1999 |
| Voting devalued: from ballot box to mailbox in Oregon |
The Boston Globe |
October 26, 1998 |
| Question 2: An insult to honest politics |
The Boston Globe |
October 1, 1998 |
| Labor's deceit on Proposition 226 |
The Boston Globe |
July 9, 1998 |
| Antitax group giving up? |
The Boston Globe |
June 11, 1998 |
| The wrong way to protect paychecks |
The Boston Globe |
May 5, 1998 |
| Now we know: Rent control critics were right |
The Boston Globe |
February 12, 1998 |
| The fall of term limits — and the SJC |
The Boston Globe |
July 17, 1997 |
| California's colorblind proposition |
The Boston Globe |
August 27, 1996 |
| Targeting the pay raisers |
The Boston Globe |
August 1, 1995 |
| Face it: Rent control is dead |
The Boston Globe |
November 29, 1994 |
| Judging policy passed at the polls |
The Boston Globe |
November 17, 1994 |
| Pro-grad-tax crowd play a cynical, greedy game |
The Boston Globe |
September 29, 1994 |
| At stake in Question 9: fairness for property owners |
The Boston Globe |
September 8, 1994 |
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